01 v. i. 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.
imp. & p. p.
Panted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Panting
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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.
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2.
To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used with for or after.“As the hart panteth after the water brooks.” — Ps. xlii. 1.“Who pants for glory finds but short repose.” — Pope.
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3.
To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
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4.
To sigh; to flutter; to languish.[Poetic]“The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.” — Pope.