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see one's breath

see one's breath verb: to have the water vapour in one's exhaled breath condense and become visible due to the cold temperature of the surrounding air.

see one's breath: to have the water vapour in one's exhaled breath condense and become visible due to the cold...
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Verb

see one's breath (third-person singular simple present sees one's breath, present participle seeing one's breath, simple past saw one's breath, past participle seen one's breath)

  1. To have the water vapour in one's exhaled breath condense and become visible due to the cold temperature of the surrounding air.
    • Winter is definitely on the way. I could see my breath yesterday.
    • Turn up the thermostat! I can see my breath in here!

Forms of see one's breath

third-person singular presentsees one's breath
present participleseeing one's breath
pastsaw one's breath
past participleseen one's breath

Questions about see one's breath

What does see one's breath mean?
See one's breath means to have the water vapour in one's exhaled breath condense and become visible due to the cold temperature of the surrounding air.
What part of speech is see one's breath?
See one's breath is a verb.
What is the past tense of see one's breath?
The past tense of see one's breath is saw one's breath.

Words near see one's breath in the dictionary

  1. see into
  2. see into a millstone
  3. see mui
  4. see Naples and die
  5. see off
  6. see one's breath
  7. see one's way clear to
  8. see one's way to
  9. see oneself out
  10. see out
  11. see over

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