ALL meanings of breather
breath·er
B b - countable noun breather If you take a breather, you stop what you are doing for a short time and have a rest. 3
- noun breather a short pause for rest 3
- noun breather a person who breathes in a specified way 3
- noun breather a vent in a container to equalize internal and external pressure, such as the pipe in the crankcase of an internal-combustion engine 3
- noun breather a small opening in a room, container, cover, etc, supplying air for ventilation 3
- noun breather one who breathes in a certain way 3
- noun breather one who telephones another person and then breathes audibly instead of talking 3
- noun breather a small vent, as for the release of moisture from an enclosed space 3
- noun breather a pause as for rest 3
- noun breather an easy contest, task, etc. coming between other, more difficult ones 3
- noun breather pause 1
- noun breather airway, vent 1
- noun breather a pause, as for breath. 1
- noun breather vigorous exercise that causes heavy breathing. 1
- noun breather a person who breathes. 1
- noun breather a vent in a container or covering, as in a casing for machinery or in a storage tank, to equalize interior and exterior pressure, permit entry of air, escape of fumes, or the like. 1
- noun breather a device for providing air from the atmosphere to submerged or otherwise sealed-off persons, internal-combustion engines, etc.: the snorkel breather of a submarine. 1
- noun breather Something or someone that breathes. 0
- noun breather A short break; a rest or respite. 0
- noun breather (physics) A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice. 0
- noun breather (Colloquial) (dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as violent exercise. 0