1. past tense and past participle of breathe; took air into and expelled it from the lungs
2. spoke or uttered very quietly
3. gave expression to or revealed

1. pronounced with breath but without vibration of the vocal cords
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• She breathed deeply before diving into the pool.
• The doctor breathed a sigh of relief after the surgery.
• He breathed his last words to his family.
• The poem breathed new life into the old story.
• She breathed the secret into her friend’s ear.
• The letter ‘h’ is a breathed consonant in English.
• The cold air made her breathed words visible as vapor.