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mouthbreathe

mouthbreathe is the alternative form 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

Forms of mouthbreathe

third-person singular presentmouthbreathes
present participlemouthbreathing
past participlemouthbreathed
pastmouthbreathed

Questions about mouthbreathe

What is mouthbreathe the alternative form of?
Mouthbreathe is the alternative form of mouth-breathe.

Words near mouthbreathe in the dictionary

  1. mouth-wateringly
  2. mouthable
  3. mouthblown
  4. mouthbow
  5. mouthbows
  6. mouthbreathe
  7. mouthbreather
  8. mouthbreathers
  9. mouthbreathing
  10. mouthbreeder
  11. mouthbreeders

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