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Definition of breathing : 1. A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.
2. Air in gentle motion.
3. Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.
4. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.
5. Aspiration; secret prayer.
6. Exercising; promotion of respiration.
7. of Breathe
8. place; vent.
9. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
10. Stop; pause; delay.
11. Utterance; communication or publicity by words.

Synonyms:

brisk, external respiration, cellular respiration, airing, puffy, snorting, active, breathed, quick, respiration, panting, ventilation, animated, vivacious, lively, bronchiole, bad breath, inspiring, eupnoeic, respiratory, palpitant, gasping, living, asphyxia, ventilation system, airway, blow, huffing, snoring, inhaling, public discussion, alive, internal respiration, breath, bronchial tube, wheezing, bronchus, sniffing, existent, animate, live, existing, alert, sighing, sensitive, puffing, eupneic, subsisting, ventilating system, artificial respiration

perfuming, smelling, exhaling, emanating, stinking, whiffing, trailing

Usage examples:

• We kept time with each other by our long, deep breathing. - "New National Fourth Reader", Charles J. Barnes and J. Marshall Hawkes.
• Distinctly, she could hear the sound of soft breathing. - "Penny Nichols Finds a Clue", Joan Clark.
• However, Richard Ashton only set his lips, hardly breathing for the space of half a moment. - "The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas", Margaret Vandercook.