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take a breath

take a breath verb: to inhale and subsequently exhale air.

Verb

take a breath (third-person singular simple present takes a breath, present participle taking a breath, simple past took a breath, past participle taken a breath)

  1. (idiomatic) to inhale and subsequently exhale air
    • She paused and took a defiant breath. ‘If you don't believe me, I can't help it. But I'm not a liar.’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
  2. (idiomatic) to pause or rest after strenuous activity
  3. (idiomatic) to calm down

take a breath meaning in Gujarati

take a breath in Gujarati

to take a breath, to breathe
શ્વાસ લેવું śvās levũ

Forms of take a breath

third-person singular presenttakes a breath
present participletaking a breath
pasttook a breath
past participletaken a breath

Words formed from take a breath

Questions about take a breath

What does take a breath mean?
Take a breath means to inhale and subsequently exhale air.
What is take a breath in Gujarati?
Take a breath in Gujarati is શ્વાસ લેવું (śvās levũ). See Take a breath meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is take a breath?
Take a breath is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a breath?
The past tense of take a breath is took a breath.

Words near take a breath in the dictionary

  1. take a Bex
  2. take a bite
  3. take a bite out of
  4. take a bow
  5. take a break
  6. take a breath
  7. take a breather
  8. take a bullet
  9. take a chair
  10. take a chance
  11. take a cotton to

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take a breath (page history and authors); શ્વાસ લેવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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