Word family noun breath breather breathing adjective breathless breathy verb breathe adverb breathlessly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbreatherbreath‧er /ˈbriːðə $ -ər/ noun → have/take a breather → heavy breatherExamples from the Corpus
breather• She is playing her five starters almost exclusively, putting in B and Sandie just long enough to give some one a breather.• Members of political action committees might have hoped for a little breather before being hit up again for money.• In March, Northampton won a two-month breather from a winding-up order on more than £13,000 owed to a printing firm.• With publishers taking a slight breather after the Christmas rush, winter can be a slow season for books. 