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.
Breathless — means having difficulty breathing, but the term may also refer to:Film and television* Breathless (1960 film) (French title: À bout de souffle ), a film directed by Jean Luc Godard * Breathless (1983 film) , a remake of the 1960 film, starring… … 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 — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ leave sb, make sb ▪ The unaccustomed exercise left him brea … Collocations dictionary
