[
  {
    "word": "breathe",
    "phonetic": "/b\u0279i\u02d0\u00f0/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/b\u0279i\u02d0\u00f0/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/b\u0279i\u00f0/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/breathe-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=399024",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To live.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To draw something into the lungs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Try not to breathe too much smoke."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To expel air from the lungs, exhale.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "If you breathe on a mirror, it will fog up."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The flowers breathed a heady perfume."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To give an impression of, to exude.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The decor positively breathes classical elegance."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To whisper quietly.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He breathed the words into her ear, but she understood them all."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The wind breathes through the trees."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To exchange gases with the environment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Garments made of certain new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To rest; to stop and catch one's breath.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "At higher altitudes you need to breathe your horse more often."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Do you like hiking?\u2003 Are you kidding? I breathe hiking."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "live and breathe"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/breathe"
    ]
  }
]