1. (adj)breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation Synonyms: ventilation, internal respiration, respiration, ventilating system, ventilation system, airing, external respiration, public discussion, cellular respiration, breathing Antonyms: breathless, suffocative, dyspnoeal, smothering, winded, short-winded, suffocating, dyspneic, pursy, dyspneal, blown, dyspnoeic, asphyxiating
1. breathing Alive applies to all degrees of life, from that which shows one to be barely existing or existent as a living thing, as when we say he is just alive, to that which implies the very utmost of Synonyms: alive, active, breathing, live, quick, alert, brisk, lively, subsisting, animate, existent, living, vivacious, animated, existing Antonyms: dead, defunct, dull, lifeless, deceased, dispirited, inanimate, spiritless
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