Meaning

7 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)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.

    hecheln, keuchen, schnaufen

    пыхте́тьpyxtétʹ, задыха́тьсяzadyxátʹsja, запыха́тьсяzapyxátʹsja

  2. (intransitive)To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.

  3. (intransitive)Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.

    (heftig) klopfen, pochen

    трепета́тьtrepetátʹ, колоти́тьсяkolotítʹsja

  4. (intransitive)To sigh; to flutter; to languish.

    тоскова́тьtoskovátʹ, томи́тьсяtomítʹsja

  5. (intransitive)To heave, as the breast.

  6. (intransitive)To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.

  7. (obsolete, transitive)To long for (something); to be eager for (something).

    heftig verlangen nach, lechzen nach, dürsten nach

More definitions
  • breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
  • utter while panting, as if out of breath

Examples

40 sentences
  1. I was panting.

    Я задихався.

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  2. Tom is panting.

    Том задихається.

    deTom keucht.

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  3. Tom rolled up his pant legs so they wouldn't get wet.

    ruТом закатал штанины, чтобы они не намокли.

    deTom krempelte seine Hosenbeine hoch, damit sie nicht nass werden konnten.

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  4. Tom took off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pant legs.

    ruТом снял ботинки и носки и закатал штанины.

    deTom zog seine Schuhe und Socken aus und krempelte seine Hosenbeine hoch.

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  5. Tom rolled up his pant legs so people could see his bright red socks.

    ruТом закатал штанины, чтобы все могли видеть его ярко-красные носки.

    deTom krempelte seine Hosenbeine hoch, sodass man seine knallroten Socken sehen konnte.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
1. to breathe quickly or in a labored manner:
4. of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence:
5. sigh; flutter; languish:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
1. to breathe quickly or in a labored manner:
3. transitive: long for (something); be eager for (something):
4. of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence:

Origin

From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank.

From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank.

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Forms

pants, panting, panted, panted
Base formpant · to pant
3rd person singularpants
Present participlepanting
Past simplepanted
Past participlepanted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypant
he, she, itpants

Past simpleLesson

all personspanted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave panted
he, she, ithas panted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pant

Synonyms

12 synonyms
breathe quickly or in a labored manner:gaspB2
of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence:poundB2palpitatethrob
long for:long forpine for
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpanting

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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