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to pant
01
to breathe quickly and loudly, often due to excitement, exertion, or energetic activity
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
pant
3rd person singular
pants
Present participle
panting
Past simple
panted
Past participle
panted
Examples
After the intense sprint, he began to pant heavily to catch his breath.
02
to speak in a quick, breathless manner, often due to exertion, excitement, or anxiety
Transitive: to pant sth
Examples
“I did it!” she panted, hardly able to contain her excitement.
Pant
01
a short, quick, and labored intake of breath
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
pants
02
the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
Lexical Tree
panting
pant
