Category:Pant

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 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 Pant, n.

1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. Drayton.

2. A violent palpitation of the heart. Shak.