Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The action of one who pants; hard and hurried breathing, with heaving of the breast or sides.
- noun In iron ship-building, a distortion with an inward and outward motion: said of flat areas of plating of a vessel, particularly at the bows, when insufficiently supported by the framing against the pressure of waves and water when the vessel is pitching.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of breathing heavily, usually after exertion.
- noun Any fabric used to make trousers.
- adjective Breathing laboriously or convulsively.
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- verb Present participle of
pant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any fabric used to make trousers
- noun breathing heavily (as after exertion)
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Examples
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The sunshine was at first dazzling in its brightness, and he paused and rested, for he was panting from the exertion.
Chapter VIII 2010
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Because they're not following you in panting desperation for your next morsel of linguistic loveliness, they're following you because they want more followers themselves.
Jonathan Fields: The Truth About Author Platforms Jonathan Fields 2010
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In the midst of pelting rain, which half-blinded him, swinging from side to side like a rapid and erratic pendulum, his torn hands paining him severely and his lungs panting from his exertions and panting from the very air which the wind sometimes blew into his mouth with strangling force, he finally arrived at the empty car.
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Hanna lifted her head, breathing in short, panting gasps.
Mercadian Masques Lebaron, Francis 1999
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In other cases panting is caused, i.e. the mechanism most often seen in the dog under natural conditions, when it is hot.
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In the midst of pelting rain, which half-blinded him, swinging from side to side like a rapid and erratic pendulum, his torn hands paining him severely and his lungs panting from his exertions and panting from the very air which the wind sometimes blew into his mouth with strangling force, he finally arrived at the empty car.
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Jack dropped to a walk, and the two girls, panting from the hard run, were not slow to follow his example.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914
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The sunshine was at first dazzling in its brightness, and he paused and rested, for he was panting from the exertion.
Chapter VIII 1910
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For a moment he stood leaning heavily against its timbers, his breath coming in short panting sobs.
The Snare Rafael Sabatini 1912
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In the midst of pelting rain, which half-blinded him, swinging from side to side like a rapid and erratic pendulum, his torn hands paining him severely and his lungs panting from his exertions and panting from the very air which the wind sometimes blew into his mouth with strangling force, he finally arrived at the empty car.
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