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overbreathe

overbreathe verb: to hyperventilate.

Verb

overbreathe (third-person singular simple present overbreathes, present participle overbreathing, simple past and past participle overbreathed)

  1. (intransitive) To hyperventilate.

Forms of overbreathe

third-person singular presentoverbreathes
present participleoverbreathing
past participleoverbreathed
pastoverbreathed

Origin of overbreathe

From over- + breathe.

Questions about overbreathe

What does overbreathe mean?
Overbreathe means to hyperventilate.
What part of speech is overbreathe?
Overbreathe is a verb.
What is the past tense of overbreathe?
The past tense of overbreathe is overbreathed.

Words near overbreathe in the dictionary

  1. overbravery
  2. overbreadth
  3. overbreak
  4. overbreaking
  5. overbreaks
  6. overbreathe
  7. overbreathed
  8. overbreathes
  9. overbreathing
  10. overbreathings
  11. overbred

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