noun
plural breaths
[noncount] :the air that you take into your lungs and send out from your lungs when you breathe :air that is inhaled and exhaled in breathing
[noncount] :the ability to breathe freely
To catch your breath or (Brit) get your breath back is to rest until you are able to breathe normally.
If you are out of breath, you are breathing very hard because you have been running or doing hard physical work.
Someone who is short of breath or who has shortness of breath has difficulty breathing in enough air especially because of a physical or medical condition.
[count] :an amount of air that you take into your lungs
If you say two different things in the same breath, or if you say one thing and then something else in the next breath, it means that you say these things very close together.
If someone says that you are wasting your breath or tells you to save your breath or to not waste your breath, it means that the things you say will not make someone behave or think differently and that you should not bother to try.
[count] :a slight breeze - usually singular
[singular] :a very small amount of something
a breath of fresh air
clean or cool outside air after you have been in a building for a period of time
someone or something that is different in a way that is interesting, exciting, enjoyable, etc.
hold your breath
to keep the air that you have breathed in your lungs for a short time instead of breathing out
informal - used to say that you do not believe that something will happen soon or at all
take your breath away
Something that takes your breath away is extremely exciting, beautiful, or surprising.
under your breath
If you say something under your breath, you say it quietly so that it is difficult to hear.
with bated breath