verb /briːð/
a) To repeatedly draw air into, and expel it from, the lungs in order to extract oxygen from it and excrete waste products.
Garments made of and similar new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.
b) To exchange gases with the environment.
Thus they fought stylle withoute ony reposynge two owres, and never brethid [...].
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