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pant |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pant \Pant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Panted}; p. pr & vb n. {Panting}.] [Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare.] 1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp. Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. --Dryden. 2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly. As the hart panteth after the water brooks. --Ps. xlii 1. Who pants for glory finds but short repose. --Pope. 3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. --Spenser. 4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic] The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. --Pope. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pant \Pant\, v. t. 1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish. --Shelley. 2. To long for to be eager after [R.] Then shall our hearts pant thee. --Herbert. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pant \Pant\, n. 1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. --Drayton. 2. A violent palpitation of the heart. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pant n 1: the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine) 2: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open "she gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: {gasp}] v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line panting heavily" [syn: {puff}, {gasp}, {heave}] 2: utter while panting, as if out of breath
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