respire

Speech parts

1. respire - Noun

2. respire - Verb

Meaning

To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.

To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.

To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.

To breathe out; to exhale.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

breathe suspire take a breath huff air live pant snort drawn draw drew blow breathing smell breath
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Antonyms

suffocate throttle choke stifle strangle smother
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Hypernyms

undergo breathe suspire take a breath

Hyponyms

inspire expire choke inhale exhale sigh

Derivatives

respired respiring

Anagrams

reprise

Examples

I can breathe better when the air is clean Source: Internet

The patient is respiring Source: Internet

4: Microaerophiles need oxygen because they cannot ferment or respire anaerobically. Source: Internet

At birth however, air begins to pass through the lungs, and the diversionary duct closes, so that the lungs can begin to respire. Source: Internet

As well as breathing with lungs, they respire through the many folds in their thin skin, which has capillaries close to the surface. citation The suborder Salamandroidea contains the advanced salamanders. Source: Internet

Gas exchange can take place through the skin ( cutaneous respiration ) and this allows adult amphibians to respire without rising to the surface of water and to hibernate at the bottom of ponds. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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