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Respire has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

Rest, respite.

Verb
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

"I can breathe better when the air is clean"

"The patient is respiring"

4

To breathe in and out successively.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
breathe undergo
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
respire choke hyperventilate hiccup sigh exhale inhale wheeze yawn snore
Rhyming Words
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