past form
Someone took air into the lungs and sent it out again.
She breathed deeply to calm down.
The baby breathed normally after the doctor checked her.
American English
How to pronounce breathed
verbB1Common word
BREETHD
/bɹiðd̚/
One syllable.
Form of breathe
Someone took air into the lungs and sent it out again.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
past participle
This means that someone has taken air into the lungs and sent it out again, or that air has been taken into the lungs and sent out.
She has breathed deeply since the exercise began.
The air was breathed in slowly through the nose.
past form
Someone or something gave new energy or activity to something.
The new manager breathed new life into the team.
Fresh paint breathed life into the old room.
past participle
This means that someone or something has given new energy or activity to something, or that something has received this energy.
The new campaign has breathed new life into the project.
New life was breathed into the old theater by the renovation.
Useful expressions
to take air into your lungs
Breathe in slowly through your nose.
to send air out of your lungs
Breathe out as you lower your arms.
to make something active or exciting again
The festival breathed new life into the town.
Related words & forms
Before -ing, drop the final e: breathing, not breatheing.