respire
1. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
• Derivationally related forms:
respiratory
• Hypernyms:
breathe, take a breath, suspire
• Verb Group:
breathe, take a breath, suspire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
• Derivationally related forms:
respiratory, respiration
• Hypernyms:
undergo
• Verb Group:
breathe, take a breath, suspire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- I can breathe better when the air is clean
- The patient is respiring
• Syn:
breathe, take a breath, suspire
• See Also:
breathe out (for: breathe), breathe in (for: breathe)
• Derivationally related forms:
respiratory, respiration, respirator, breather (for: breathe), breathing (for: breathe)
• Hyponyms:
choke, hyperventilate, hiccup, hiccough, sigh,
suspire, exhale, expire, breathe out, inhale, inspire,
breathe in, wheeze, yawn, snore, saw wood, saw logs
• Entailment:
inhale, inspire, breathe in, exhale, expire, breathe out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
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