Respire

/ɹɪˈspʌɪə/

Synonyms for "respire" (55 found)

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Closest matches (11)

be alivebe animateblowbreathebreathe hardbreathe inbreathe out
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (17)

Verb(3 words)
catabolizeconsume oxygenexhale

Related words (27)

Related word relations

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More general

13 entries
actbiological processbreathebreathingcellular processenergy metabolismmetabolic processmovephysiological processrespirationsuspiretake a breathundergo

More specific

5 entries
citric acid cycleexhaleglycolysisinhaleoxidative phosphorylation

Collocations

6 entries
aerobic respirationcellular respirationrespiratory raterespire deeplyrespire normallyrespire slowly

Inflections

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Derivations

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similar

3 entries
breathesuspiretake a breath

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The breath of heav'n fresh-blowing, pure and sweet, / With day-spring born; here leave me to respire.

Source: wiktionary

Second Day.—Hold the breath five seconds. Respire, and hold the breath ten seconds. Respire, and hold the breath fifteen seconds.

Source: wiktionary

All living things respire or breathe. To many of us this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.

Source: wiktionary

It is my opinion, that these animals, while they continue in the state of larvae, respire water and not air; and that they inspire the water, not by the mask, but by their posterior part, through which also they discharge it.

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