pant
/pænt/ verb C2- 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.
- To long eagerly; to desire earnestly.
- Of the heart, to beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate.
- To sigh; to flutter; to languish.
- To heave, as the breast.
- To bulge and shrink successively, of iron hulls, etc.
He/she/it pants · Past panted · Past participle panted · -ing form panting
Verb forms
- Base form
- pant
- He/she/it
- pants
- Past
- panted
- Past participle
- panted
- -ing form
- panting
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The Lion went back a third time and got the Tin Woodman, and then they all sat down for a few moments to give the beast a chance to rest, for his great leaps had made his breath short, and he panted like a big dog that has been running too long.
The Fish, panting convulsively, thus entreated for his life: “O Sir, what good can I be to you, and how little am I worth?
So he put out his tongue and panted and looked at Dorothy as if to ask what they should do next.
That done, we rose to our feet breathless and panting.
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