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mouth-breathed

mouth-breathed is the simple past and past participle of mouth-breathe.

Meaning of mouth-breathe

Verb

mouth-breathe (third-person singular simple present mouth-breathes, present participle mouth-breathing, simple past and past participle mouth-breathed)

  1. To breathe through the mouth.
    • This problem may be increased if the individual mouth-breathes, which causes the secretions to dry and become thicker.1993, Hilary Johnson, Amanda Scott, A Practical Approach to Saliva Control, Communication Skill Builders, →ISBN, page 11

Questions about mouth-breathed

What is mouth-breathed the simple past and past participle of?
Mouth-breathed is the simple past and past participle of mouth-breathe.

Words near mouth-breathed in the dictionary

  1. mouth ulcer
  2. mouth ulcers
  3. mouth wash
  4. mouth washes
  5. mouth-breathe
  6. mouth-breathed
  7. mouth-breather
  8. mouth-breathers
  9. mouth-breathes
  10. mouth-breathing
  11. mouth-filling

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