Breathless

Breathless
Breathless Breath"less (br[e^]th"l[e^]s), a. 1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. [1913 Webster]

2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. [1913 Webster]

But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

3. Dead; as, a breathless body. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Breathless — (* 5. September 1984 in Köln; † 9. März 2008 in Köln; eigentlich Jonathan Schnee) war ein deutscher Rapper und Musikproduzent, der im Alter von 23 Jahren an den Folgen seiner unheilbaren Krankheit Mukoviszidose verstarb. Diskografie 2006:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • breathless — index dead, lifeless (dead) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • breathless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) gasping for breath. 2) feeling or causing great excitement, fear, etc. DERIVATIVES breathlessly adverb breathlessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • breathless — [breth′lis] adj. 1. without breath 2. Old Poet. no longer breathing; dead 3. out of breath; panting or gasping 4. unable to breathe easily because of excitement, fear, etc. 5. of or characteristic of writing having a light, superficial, or… …   English World dictionary

  • Breathless —  Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différentes œuvres portant le même titre. Musique Breathless : album de Camel, paru en 1978 Breathless : album de Shayne Ward, paru en 2007 Cinéma Breathless est le titre américain du film… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • breathless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ leave sb, make sb ▪ The unaccustomed exercise left him brea …   Collocations dictionary

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