"mouth-breathe" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: mouth-breathes [present, singular, third-person], mouth-breathing [participle, present], mouth-breathed [participle, past], mouth-breathed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} mouth-breathe (third-person singular simple present mouth-breathes, present participle mouth-breathing, simple past and past participle mouth-breathed)
  1. To breathe through the mouth. Synonyms: mouthbreathe Related terms: mouth breather, mouthbreathing
    Sense id: en-mouth-breathe-en-verb-LZA5WS7l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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