panting, heaving
(noun) breathing heavily (as after exertion)
panting, trousering
(noun) any fabric used to make trousers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
panting
present participle of pant
panting (plural pantings)
The act of one who pants.
• P'ing-t'an, Pingtan
Panting
A surname.
• P'ing-t'an, Pingtan
Source: Wiktionary
Pant, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting.] Etym: [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.
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.
Pant, n.
1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. Drayton.
2. A violent palpitation of the heart. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
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