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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WHEEZE

Probably from Old Norse hvǣsa to hiss.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WHEEZE

wheeze  [wiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHEEZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wheeze is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb wheeze in English.

WHAT DOES WHEEZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Wheeze

A wheeze is a continuous, coarse, whistling sound produced in the respiratory airways during breathing. For wheezes to occur, some part of the respiratory tree must be narrowed or obstructed, or airflow velocity within the respiratory tree must be heightened. Wheezing is commonly experienced by persons with a lung disease; the most common cause of recurrent wheezing is asthma attacks, though it can also be a symptom of lung cancer. The differential diagnosis of wheezing is wide, and the cause of wheezing in a given patient is determined by considering the characteristics of the wheezes and the historical and clinical findings made by the examining physician.

Definition of wheeze in the English dictionary

The first definition of wheeze in the dictionary is to breathe or utter with a rasping or whistling sound. Other definition of wheeze is to make or move with a noise suggestive of wheezy breathing. Wheeze is also a husky, rasping, or whistling sound or breathing.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WHEEZE

PRESENT

Present
I wheeze
you wheeze
he/she/it wheezes
we wheeze
you wheeze
they wheeze
Present continuous
I am wheezing
you are wheezing
he/she/it is wheezing
we are wheezing
you are wheezing
they are wheezing
Present perfect
I have wheezed
you have wheezed
he/she/it has wheezed
we have wheezed
you have wheezed
they have wheezed
Present perfect continuous
I have been wheezing
you have been wheezing
he/she/it has been wheezing
we have been wheezing
you have been wheezing
they have been wheezing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I wheezed
you wheezed
he/she/it wheezed
we wheezed
you wheezed
they wheezed
Past continuous
I was wheezing
you were wheezing
he/she/it was wheezing
we were wheezing
you were wheezing
they were wheezing
Past perfect
I had wheezed
you had wheezed
he/she/it had wheezed
we had wheezed
you had wheezed
they had wheezed
Past perfect continuous
I had been wheezing
you had been wheezing
he/she/it had been wheezing
we had been wheezing
you had been wheezing
they had been wheezing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will wheeze
you will wheeze
he/she/it will wheeze
we will wheeze
you will wheeze
they will wheeze
Future continuous
I will be wheezing
you will be wheezing
he/she/it will be wheezing
we will be wheezing
you will be wheezing
they will be wheezing
Future perfect
I will have wheezed
you will have wheezed
he/she/it will have wheezed
we will have wheezed
you will have wheezed
they will have wheezed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been wheezing
you will have been wheezing
he/she/it will have been wheezing
we will have been wheezing
you will have been wheezing
they will have been wheezing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would wheeze
you would wheeze
he/she/it would wheeze
we would wheeze
you would wheeze
they would wheeze
Conditional continuous
I would be wheezing
you would be wheezing
he/she/it would be wheezing
we would be wheezing
you would be wheezing
they would be wheezing
Conditional perfect
I would have wheeze
you would have wheeze
he/she/it would have wheeze
we would have wheeze
you would have wheeze
they would have wheeze
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been wheezing
you would have been wheezing
he/she/it would have been wheezing
we would have been wheezing
you would have been wheezing
they would have been wheezing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you wheeze
we let´s wheeze
you wheeze
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to wheeze
Past participle
wheezed
Present Participle
wheezing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHEEZE


Antilles
ænˈtɪliːz
bases
ˈbeɪsiːz
Belize
bəˈliːz
Chinese
tʃaɪˈniːz
classes
ˈklæsiːz
dieses
ˈdaɪəsiːz
disease
dɪˈziːz
ease
iːz
expertise
ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz
he´s
hiːz
Japanese
ˌdʒæpəˈniːz
keys
kiːz
mise
miːz
please
pliːz
Portuguese
ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz
series
ˈsɪəriːz
she´s
ʃiːz
species
ˈspiːʃiːz
tales
ˈteɪliːz
these
ðiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHEEZE

wheelie bin
wheelie-bin
wheeling
wheeling and dealing
wheels
wheels within wheels
wheelsman
wheelspin
wheelwork
wheelwright
wheely bin
wheen
wheeple
wheesh
wheesht
wheezer
wheezily
wheeziness
wheezle
wheezy

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHEEZE

antifreeze
breeze
credit squeeze
deep freeze
deepfreeze
freeze
fresh breeze
gentle breeze
light breeze
price freeze
quick-freeze
refreeze
sea breeze
shoot the breeze
sneeze
squeeze
strong breeze
tweeze
unfreeze
wage freeze

Synonyms and antonyms of wheeze in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WHEEZE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «wheeze» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of wheeze
anecdote · chestnut · cough · crack · expedient · gag · gasp · hiss · idea · joke · one-liner · plan · ploy · rasp · ruse · scheme · story · stunt · trick · whistle · wrinkle

Translation of «wheeze» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHEEZE

Find out the translation of wheeze to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wheeze from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wheeze» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

气喘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

resollar
570 millions of speakers

English

wheeze
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wheeze
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أزيز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хрип
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

respirar ruidosamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাঁসাঁ করিয়া নিঃশ্বাস ফেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

respirer bruyamment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wheeze
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

keuchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぜいぜいと息をする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 숨을 씨근거리다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wheeze
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thở khò khè
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரைதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्वास घेणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hırıltı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ansimare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świszczący oddech
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хрип
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

respiratie suieratoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συριγμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hyg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

väsande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hvese
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wheeze

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHEEZE»

The term «wheeze» is regularly used and occupies the 85.136 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHEEZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wheeze» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wheeze» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wheeze

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHEEZE»

Discover the use of wheeze in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wheeze and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Medicine at a Glance
Investigations Lung spirometry Flow volume loops Chest X-ray CT scan Wheeze ' Squawks' Extrinsic allergic alveolitis Wheeze is a prolonged sound caused by airway narrowing with apposition of the airway walls. The sound is produced by ...
Patrick Davey, 2014
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Practical Paediatrics
It is difficult to describe a sound and this makes a definition of wheeze imprecise. Wheeze is typically a high-pitched, musical whistle heard during expiration. The term wheeze refers to the noise heard either with or without a stethoscope.
Don M. Roberton, M. J. South, 2007
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Why do I wheeze?: a guide to the effective management of asthma
Why Do I Wheeze? Is written for the medical consumer. We have compiled more information in this book than is available from two to three visits to your physician.
Robert H. Sorensen, Richard H. Sorensen, 2000
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European Respiratory Monograph 37: Respiratory Diseases in ...
Childhood prognosis Better (by definition, in the case of transient wheeze) Lung function Developmental airway dysfunction prior to onset# Allergy No more common than in reference population Maternal smoking Significantly increases risk ...
U. Frey, J. Gerritsen, 2006
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ERS Handbook of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine:
Different classification systems for preschool wheeze Atopic wheeze (or allergic asthma): three or more episodes of wheeze and dyspnoea AND demonstrated sensitisation to inhalant or food allergens Non-atopic (or viral) wheeze: three or ...
Ernst Eber, Fabio Midulla, 2013
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World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering ...
A Novel Approach to Wheeze Detection A. Alic, I. Lackovic, V. Bilas, D. Sersic, R. Magjarevic University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing , Zagreb, Croatia Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea using Formant ...
Sun I. Kim, Tae S. Suh, 2007
7
Research-based Web Design & Usability Guidelines
This review includes cohort and case-control studies of asthma or wheeze that occurred after infancy and includes case series of patients with asthma that investigated parental smoking and disease severity. The literature search identified 66 ...
‎2006
8
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour
I don't know that we could (puff) entertain him as he's (wheeze) accustomed to be ," added he. " Oh, nonsense," replied Mrs. Jogglebury ; " we can entertain him well enough. You always say fox-hunters are not ceremonious. I tell you what, Jog, ...
Robert Smith Surtees, 1860
9
WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Dampness and Mould
(2006) 332 children Number of days with wheeze per year Emeniusetal. (2004a) 540 infants (aged 2 years) 181 cases with recurrent wheeze 359 controls Recurrent wheeze (3 or more episodes after 3 months of age) plus either use of inhaled ...
Elisabeth Heseltine, Jerome Rosen, 2009
10
Oxford Desk Reference: Respiratory Medicine
Wheeze is one of the commonest medical presentations and always implies airway obstruction. Asthma or COPD are the most likely diagnoses in first world adults but such generalisation is not possible in developing world populations where ...
Nick Maskell, Ann Millar, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHEEZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wheeze is used in the context of the following news items.
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Osborne's misguided BBC licence wheeze
As George Osborne prepares for his first Budget of the new parliament, the chancellor is under pressure to deliver on his promise to cut £12bn from Britain's ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Climate change is making Missouri sneeze and wheeze
A new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council, “Sneezing and Wheezing, How Climate Change Could Increase Ragweed Allergies, Air Pollution ... «STLtoday.com, May 15»
3
*Wheeze*: Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Trailer Has Plenty Of Darth …
At the Star Wars Rebels panel at this year's Star Wars Celebration, the crew behind the animated series shared a glimpse into the new season with a neat new ... «The Mary Sue, Apr 15»
4
Jack Fairweather: The 'Wheeze Kids' go to war
In the run-up to the awarding of the Lionel Gelber Prize, the National Post presents excerpts from all five nominated books. Today: Jack Fairweather on ... «National Post, Mar 15»
5
This season, wheeze is the squeeze in the airways
Wheeze is the whistling sound of the air as it goes in and out through the airways (bronchioles) which have reflexly contracted as a body defence mechanism to ... «Times of India, Jan 15»
6
Stelios' latest wheeze easyProperty smashes crowdfunding target by …
Stelios' latest wheeze easyProperty smashes crowdfunding target by 30pc. Online property venture easyProperty raises £1.4m from armchair investors in one ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
7
Validation of computerized wheeze detection in young infants during …
Computerized wheeze detection is feasible during the first year of life. This method is more objective and can be more readily standardized than subjective ... «BMC Pediatrics, Oct 14»
8
Kids exposed to BPA before birth at risk of wheeze: study
For wheezing, the mother's BPA concentrations at 16 weeks' gestation was ... The level of BPA in the children's urine was not related to their own wheeze or lung ... «Reuters, Oct 14»
9
Asthma: You don't need to make the telltale wheeze to have it
Part of the diagnosis might involve giving a patient a trial of asthma treatment. If this helps and other factors also point to asthma, it suggests someone has the ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
10
Can this conman's latest wheeze really slash your fuel bills?
It's more than a decade since I exposed the franchise Sex Net Adult Fun Club run by David Mooney, which promised a good income from mail-order lingerie and ... «Mirror.co.uk, Sep 14»

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