simple past tense and past participle of waste breath

present participle of waste breath

plural of wiener breath

alternative form of breathholding

(idiomatic) To follow or supervise someone too closely, causing discomfort for that person.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, one's, breath. To keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling.

(idiomatic) Something relieving, refreshing, or new.

(of something said) Softly, so as not to be heard.

(genetics) The transient, lateral opening of a base pair in a nucleic acid molecule as a result of thermal motion or the presence of a defect

(idiomatic, chiefly imperative) To refrain from speech; to be quiet, especially where it would have no useful effect to speak.