breathable, a. respirable. Antonyms: irrespirable, [unbreathable].
breathe, v. respire, inhale and exhale; infuse; wheeze, suspire, [sigh], [gasp], [pant], aspirate; exhale, emit.
breathing, n. respiration, inhalation (breathing in), exhalation (breathing out); aspiration, suspiration, sighing, [panting], insufflation, [gasp], wheeze, afflatus, [inflation], pneuma; [inspiration], theopneusty. Associated words: eupnœoe, dyspnœoe, asthma, apnœoe, cachon, respiratory, gill, branchia, pneumodynamics, pneometry, [suffocation], stertorous.
breathless, a. [panting].
breech, n. buttocks.
breeches, n. pl. smallclothes, [knickerbockers], knee-breeches; [trousers], [pants].
breed, v. [beget], [generate], procreate, engender, conceive and [bear]; [nurture], [train]; occasion, originate, engender.
breed, n. [race], [variety], [strain], extraction, [family], lineage, [pedigree]; [class], [sort], [kind], [variety].
breeding, n. [generation], procreation, begetting, prolification; stirpiculture, eugenics; [nurture], [training]. Associated words: dysgenesis, dysgenesic, [hybrid], hybridization, thremmatology.
breeding freely. prolific. Antonym: unprolific.