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# wheeze

verb (wheeze, wheezes, wheezed, wheezing); noun (a wheeze, wheezes)

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

## Everyday

1. To wheeze is to breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in your chest, because breathing is hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheeze/#m1)
2. A wheeze is that sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheeze/#m2)
3. In old British talk, a wheeze is a clever trick or plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheeze/#m3)

### In the lessons

In health and safety lessons, wheezing can be a sign of asthma or a chest illness; a child who wheezes may need their inhaler and should tell an adult. In stories, an old machine or person wheezes. Phrases: «start to wheeze», «a wheezy chest», «wheeze and cough».

### Examples

- My sister wheezes when she has an asthma attack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheeze/#x1)
- He used his inhaler when he started to wheeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheeze/#x2)
- The old bus wheezed up the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheeze/#x3)
- I heard a wheeze in Grandpa's chest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheeze/#x4)
- If a friend is wheezing badly, get an adult quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheeze/#x5)
- Running in the cold air made me wheeze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wheeze/#x6)

### Note

Regular verb: wheezed, wheezing (drop the e). Adjective: «wheezy». Wheezing is a sign, not the illness itself; serious wheezing needs help fast.

## On Mova

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