RESPIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does respire mean? 

• RESPIRE (verb)
  The verb RESPIRE has 3 senses:

1. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

2. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide

3. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

  Familiarity information: RESPIRE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPIRE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they respire    ... he / she / it respires   
Past simple: respired   
Past participle: respired   
-ing form: respiring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

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

Verb group:

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

respiratory (pertaining to respiration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

undergo (pass through)

Verb group:

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

respiration (the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs)

respiration (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

respiratory (pertaining to respiration)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

breathe; respire; suspire; take a breath

Context example:

The patient is respiring

"Respire" entails doing...:

breathe out; exhale; expire (expel air)

breathe in; inhale; inspire (draw in (air))

Verb group:

respire (breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety)

respire (undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "respire"):

respire (breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety)

choke (breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion)

hyperventilate (breathe excessively hard and fast)

hiccough; hiccup (breathe spasmodically, and make a sound)

sigh; suspire (heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily)

breathe out; exhale; expire (expel air)

breathe in; inhale; inspire (draw in (air))

wheeze (breathe with difficulty)

yawn (utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired)

saw logs; saw wood; snore (breathe noisily during one's sleep)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

respiration (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

respirator (a breathing device for administering long-term artificial respiration)

respiratory (pertaining to respiration)

 Context examples 

A condition due to lack of oxygen in respired air, resulting in impending or actual cessation of life.

(Asphyxia, Food and Drug Administration)

Released from deeper soil horizons and leached by rain into waterways, the older, chemically unstable organic carbon is eventually consumed by stream-dwelling microbes, which devour the rich compounds and respire carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.

(Tropical soil disturbance could be hidden source of carbon dioxide, National Science Foundation)