breathing

adjective

  1. 1

    passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

    the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs

    the heavy-breathing person on the telephone

noun

  1. 1

    the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation

Synonyms

Also useful for “breathing”:Unscrambler