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Another word for pant

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Verb

  1. To breathe hard

      1. To blow, drive, give forth, etc. in or with a puff or puffs
      2. To blow in puffs, as the wind
      3. To blow in puffs.
      1. To become angry; take offense
      2. (Slang) To inhale the fumes of (a volatile chemical, for example) as a means of becoming intoxicated.
      3. To blow; puff
      1. To draw in the breath sharply, as from shock.
      2. To say or tell with gasps
      3. To inhale suddenly, as in surprise, or breathe with effort, as in choking
      1. To blossom
      2. To bloom or cause to bloom.
    See also:

    breath

  2. To utter in a breathless manner

      1. (Naut.) To raise, haul, pull, move, etc. by pulling with a rope or cable
      2. To give out or utter with effort or pain:
      3. To raise or lift, esp. with effort
      1. To say or tell with gasps
      2. To draw in the breath sharply, as from shock.
      3. To inhale suddenly, as in surprise, or breathe with effort, as in choking
    See also:

    words

    breath

  3. To have a strong longing for

    See also:

    desire

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Another word for pant

Verb
      1. To move with a slight tremulous motion; tremble, shake, or quiver.
      2. (Intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
      3. To throb; tremble
      1. To vibrate, pulsate, or sound with a steady pronounced rhythm:
      2. To beat, pulsate, vibrate, etc.
      3. To feel or be subjected to a pulsating pain:
      1. To make a sound like this
      2. To breathe hard with a whistling, breathy sound, as in asthma
      3. To utter with a sound of wheezing
      1. To draw in the breath sharply, as from shock.
      2. To say or tell with gasps
      3. To inhale suddenly, as in surprise, or breathe with effort, as in choking
    See also:

    gasp

    breathe

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Sentence Examples

  • The chief, whose title is Pant Pratinidhi, is a Brahman by caste.

  • Pant, a glen or hollow - Pantycelyn, Blaenpant.

  • The chief, whose title is pant sachiv, is a Brahman by caste.

  • Her trousers were black with mud front and back, her pant leg torn, and her left knee bloody.

  • The memorial is crowned by the figure of an angel in white marble, and on the wall of the well itself is the following inscription: Sacred to the perpetual Memory of a great company of Christian people, chiefly Women and Children, who near this spot were cruelly murdered by the followers of the rebel Nana Dhundu Pant, of Bithur, and cast, the dying with the dead, into the well below, on the xvth day of July, Mdccclvii.

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