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/bree"dheuhr/, n.1. a pause, as for breath.2. vigorous exercise that causes heavy breathing.3. a person who breathes.4. 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.5. 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.[1350-1400; ME brethere. See BREATHE, -ER1]Syn. 1. rest, break, time-out, recess, intermission.
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