| Share    Pronunciation: (brē'&thslash;ing), [key] 1. the act
of a person or other animal that breathes; respiration. 2. a
single breath. 3. the short time required for a single breath.
4. a pause, as for breath. 5. utterance or words. 6. a gentle
moving or blowing, as of wind. 7. Class. Gk. Gram. a. the manner
of articulating the beginning of a word written with an initial
vowel sign, with or without aspiration before the vowel. b. one
of the two symbols used to indicate this. Cf. rough breathing,
smooth breathing.   breath groupbreathing space See also:
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