Search Result:respire
KK Pronunciation
〔 rIˋspaIr 〕
Pronunciation
〔 riˊspaiә 〕
Overview of verb respire
The verb respire has 3 senses
- 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)
- breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire -- (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring")