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whiff.
6. take one's breath away astonish, astound, amaze, stagger, startle, boggle; thrill, excite, galvanize,

breathe, v. 1. respire, inhale and exhale, puff, pant, wheeze, gasp, gulp; inhale, inspire, exhale, expire, exhaust, expel.
2. whisper, murmur, sigh, aspirate; say, voice, utter, articulate, pronounce, enunciate, express.

3. infuse, instill, imbue, inject, transfuse.
4. break, take a break, take a rest, pause, recess, lay off, Sl. knock off, Sl. take ten or five.
5. not breathe a word be silent, keep one's mouth shut, hold one's tongue, seal one's lips, say nothing, keep mum, Sl. button up, Sl. muzzle.

breathless, adj. 1. panting, choking, wheezing, gasping, gulping, out of breath; winded, blown, exhausted, wasted, spent.
2. amazed, astonished, astounded, thunderstruck, awestruck, openmouthed, Inf. flabbergasted.
3. eager, anxious, agog, all agog, Sl. psyched.
4. dead, lifeless, inanimate; still, motionless, calm,
becalmed.

breeches, n. 1. knickers, knickerbockers, shorts, smallclothes, plus fours, knee breeches; jodhpurs, riding breeches; pedal pushers, clam diggers, knee knockers; culottes, gauchos.
2. Informal, trousers, slacks, pants, jeans, corduroys; pantaloons, drawers,

breed, v. 1. procreate, engender, father, beget, bear, give birth, bring forth; reproduce, propagate, multiply, pullulate; impregnate, fertilize; mate, copulate, couple.
2. raise, grow, develop, cultivate; rear, nurture, foster, mother, bring up.
3. cause, effect, bring about, give rise to; create, generate, produce, make.

breeding, n. 1. procreation, engenderment, begetting, fathering, bearing, hatching, spawning; reproduction, propagation, pullulation, multiplication; mating, copulation, coupling, impregnation, fertilization.
2. development, cultivation, improvement; training, schooling, teaching, education; nurture, care, rearing, upbringing, bringing-up; background, extraction, parentage.
3. manners, courtesy, politeness, civility, gentility; behavior, conduct, bearing, comportment.

breeze, n. 1. zephyr, gentle or light wind, Naut. cat's paw; breath, puff of air, whiff, whiffet; waft, current of air, draft, gust, Rare, flurry, blow; sea breeze, lake breeze, land breeze, onshore breeze.
2. Slang,

bat or

shoot the breeze a. chat, Inf. gab, Sl. chew the fat, gossip, Sl. jaw.
b. talk nonsense, babble, Inf. talk through one's hat. See - babble (def 1). breezy, adj. 1. airy, mild, gentle, light, soft, pleasant, cool; windy, blowy, blowing, blustery, blusterous; drafty, gusty, gusting, flawy; stormy, squallish.
2. fresh, sprightly, vivacious, animated, alive, lively, U.S. Inf. chipper, jaunty; spirited, dynamic, energetic, vigorous, active, spry; frisky, playful, frolicsome, Inf. full of pep, Inf. peppy, full of vim and vigor, brighteyed and bushy-tailed; aglow, glowing, alight, lit up, bright, shining, shiny, sparkling; sunny, cheerful, cheery, glad, happy, mirthful, jolly, jovial; gay, blithe, blithesome, buoyant, light-hearted, free and easy, carefree; in good or high spirits, elated, overjoyed, thrilled, enthusiastic, enthused, excited,

brevity, n. 1. briefness, shortness, shortlivedness, transcience, impermanence, ephemerality, caducity.
2. conciseness, succinctness, curtness, terseness, laconism; pithiness, pointedness, crispness, compactness, compression, compendiousness.