breathing (noun)
41heavy breathing — noun Loud and laboured breathing due to exertion, excitement, etc, or esp sexual arousal, sometimes associated with anonymous obscene telephone calls • • • Main Entry: ↑heavy * * * ˌheavy ˈbreathing ; noun uncount …
42heavy breathing — noun uncount the sound of someone breathing in a noisy fast way as if they are sexually excited, especially during a telephone call …
43circular breathing — noun A technique used in playing a wind instrument, in which a phrase is sustained by forcing air out of the mouth while breathing through the nose • • • Main Entry: ↑circular …
44diaphragmatic breathing — noun A manner of deep natural breathing in humans, in which the lungs expand due to the lowering of the diaphragm rather than the expansion of the chest. A relaxation method based on it. Low breathing is called abdominal breathing, deep breathing …
45abdominal breathing — noun breathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal muscles abdominal breathing is practiced by singers • Hypernyms: ↑breathing, ↑external respiration, ↑respiration, ↑ventilation …
46periodic breathing — noun abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate • Syn: ↑Cheyne Stokes respiration • Hypernyms: ↑breathing, ↑external respiration, ↑respiration, ↑ventilation …
47frog breathing — noun : a technique using mouth and tongue to force air into the lungs that was developed by some patients suffering from poliomyelitic paralysis of respiratory muscles * * * frog breathing, glossopharyngeal breathing; a method of forcing small… …
48rough breathing — noun Etymology: translation of Late Latin spiritus asper 1. : a mark ʽ used in Greek over some initial vowels or over ρ to show that they are aspirated (as in ὡς pronounced ˈhōs or ῥη̃τωρ pronounced ˈhrātōr) 2. : the sound indicated by a mark ʽ …
49smooth breathing — noun Etymology: translation of Late Latin spiritus lenis 1. : a mark placed over some initial vowels in Greek to show that they are not aspirated (as in ά̕γειν pronounced ˈägān) 2. : the absence of aspiration as indicated by the mark called also… …
50circular breathing — noun A particular breathing technique: it includes inhaling via the nose while pushing air, that was stored in the cheeks, out through the lips, so allows for continuous playing of a wind instrument …
