LekhoriLekhoriTo draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.
Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater.
To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.
From Middle English brethen (“to breathe, blow, exhale, odour”), derived from Middle English breth (“breath”). Eclipsed Middle English ethien and orðiæn, from Old English ēþian and orþian (“to breathe...
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While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.