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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

P`ANT, v.i.
1. To palpitate; to beat with preternatural violence or rapidity, as the heart in terror, or after hard labor, or in anxious desire or suspense.
Yet might her piteous heart be seen to pant and quake.
2. To have the breast heaving, as in short respiration or want of breath.
Pluto pants for breath from out his cell.
3. To play with intermission or declining strength.
The whispering breeze
Pants on the leaves and dies upon the trees.
4. To long; to desire ardently.
Who pants for glory, finds but short repose.
As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. Psalms 42.
P`ANT, n. Palpitation of the heart.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
2: (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" [syn: trouser, pant]
3: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp, pant] v
1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant, puff, gasp, heave]
2: utter while panting, as if out of breath

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: Middle English, modification of Anglo-French panteiser, from Vulgar Latin *phantasiare to have hallucinations, from Greek phantasioun, from phantasia appearance, imagination — more at fancy Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to breathe quickly, spasmodically, or in a labored manner b. to run panting <panting along beside the bicycle> c. to move with or make a throbbing or puffing sound 2. to long eagerly ; yearn 3. throb, pulsate transitive verb to utter with panting ; gasp II. noun Date: 1513 1. a. a panting breath b. the visible movement of the chest accompanying such a breath 2. a throbbing or puffing sound III. noun Etymology: short for pantaloons Date: 1840 1. an outer garment covering each leg separately and usually extending from the waist to the ankle — usually used in plural 2. plural, chiefly British men's underpants 3. plural pantie IV. adjective Date: 1892 of or relating to pants <a pant leg>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. breathe with short quick breaths. 2 tr. (often foll. by out) utter breathlessly. 3 intr. (often foll. by for) yearn or crave. 4 intr. (of the heart etc.) throb violently. --n. 1 a panting breath. 2 a throb. Derivatives: pantingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF pantaisier ult. f. Gk phantasioo cause to imagine (as FANTASY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pant Pant, n. 1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. --Drayton. 2. A violent palpitation of the heart. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pants, panting, panted) If you pant, you breathe quickly and loudly with your mouth open, because you have been doing something energetic. She climbed rapidly until she was panting with the effort. VERB: V see also pants

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Puff, gasp, blow, breathe hard, lose breath. 2. Throb, heave, palpitate. 3. Languish, gasp. 4. Long, yearn, hunger, thirst, sigh, desire.

Moby Thesaurus

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