breather
breather
Definition
breather (brē′t̸hər)
noun
- one who breathes in a certain way a mouth breather
- Slang one who telephones another person and then breathes audibly instead of talking
- a small vent, as for the release of moisture from an enclosed space
- Informal
- a pause as for rest
- an easy contest, task, etc. coming between other, more difficult ones
breather
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- take: Dermot seems to be taking a breather in his virtual House of Commons.
- have: Going to have a breather now, i think... .
- get: The quiet last hour on all the markets except Winchester ( where its nice to get a breather ).
- provide: Providing a nice breather, ' Jonah ' is a simple ballad.
Adjective modifier
- discrete: As the discrete breather decays two small traveling waves detach from it and travel away from the central node.
- quick: It offered a steady stream of blue movies with just a quick breather for horror films on Friday nights.
- short: A trip to the rear for the Battalion was a welcome, if short, breather from the grisly realities of the front.
Modifies a noun
- vent: Complies to BS7177 ignition source 5. Features: Turning handles, quarterly turning labels, brass breather vents, tufted mattress finish.
- membrane: To minimize condensation a breather membrane was used behind the cladding.
- pipe: Take off the engine breather pipes from the cam covers.
- tube: The " after service " gasoline tank and its non-standard breather tube lying on the roof.
- hole: Board mounted in protective housing with small breather hole.
- system: Looking at the engine breather system, there is not really too much that can be improved.
Noun used with modifier
- crankcase: To avoid pulling oil droplets through, an oil trap was placed inside the crankcase breather.
- cask: I suppose I should explain what a cask breather is.
- brass: Complies to BS7177 ignition source 5. Features: Turning handles, quarterly turning labels, brass breather vents, tufted mattress finish.
- mouth: He had very small teeth and was a mouth breather due to inefficient face muscles and poor tongue posture.
- engine: Take off the engine breather pipes from the cam covers.
- fire: When you can't take the heat anymore watch in amazement as our fire breather puts on a show!
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