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# breathless

adjective (breathless; more breathless, most breathless)

«breathless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Out of breath, breathing hard after running or effort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#m1)
2. Very excited, amazed or eager, so that you almost stop breathing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#m2)
3. (of air or weather) Still, with no wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#m3)

### In the lessons

In PE and science lessons, exercise makes you breathless because your muscles need more oxygen. In health, feeling breathless for no reason can be a sign of illness or asthma, so tell an adult. In stories it shows excitement or fear: «breathless with excitement», «a breathless hush».

### Examples

- I was breathless after running up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#x1)
- We watched the final in breathless silence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#x2)
- She was breathless with excitement on her birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#x3)
- The race left everyone breathless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#x4)
- If you feel breathless at rest, tell an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#x5)
- It was a breathless, hot afternoon with no breeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#x6)
- He arrived breathless, saying, «The bus has gone!» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#x7)
- Breathless they watched for the soaring of the red eagle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/#x8)

### Note

Adjective: breath + -less (without breath). Adverb: breathlessly. Spelling: «breath» (noun) has no e at the end, «breathe» (verb) has one. Say «out of breath» in plain talk.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «breathless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breathless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«breathless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/breathless.html) on Mova free.