A cewar ƙamus, ma'anar kalmar "numfashi" shine tsarin ɗaukar iska zuwa cikin huhu da fitar da shi, yawanci tare da shaka da fitar da shi. Hakanan yana iya komawa ga aikin shakarwa da fitar da iska, ko iya shaka da fitar da iska. Bugu da ƙari, ana iya amfani da "numfashi" a misalta don kwatanta yadda wani abu ya bayyana a raye ko aiki.
felt like l was breathing life