HYPERVENTILATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperventilate mean? 

• HYPERVENTILATE (verb)
  The verb HYPERVENTILATE has 2 senses:

1. produce hyperventilation in

2. breathe excessively hard and fast

  Familiarity information: HYPERVENTILATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERVENTILATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hyperventilate    ... he / she / it hyperventilates   
Past simple: hyperventilated   
Past participle: hyperventilated   
-ing form: hyperventilating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce hyperventilation in

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient

Hypernyms (to "hyperventilate" is one way to...):

care for; treat (provide treatment for)

Verb group:

hyperventilate (breathe excessively hard and fast)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

hyperventilation (an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Breathe excessively hard and fast

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

The mountain climber started to hyperventilate

Hypernyms (to "hyperventilate" is one way to...):

breathe; respire; suspire; take a breath (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs)

Verb group:

hyperventilate (produce hyperventilation in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

hyperventilation (an increased depth and rate of breathing greater than demanded by the body needs; can cause dizziness and tingling of the fingers and toes and chest pain if continued)