respire

Verbs

  • (v) breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
  • (v) undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
  • (v) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
    • I can breathe better when the air is clean
    • The patient is respiring
    breathe, take a breath, suspire,

Synonyms

breathe take a breath suspire

See also

breathe out exhale expire breathe in inhale inspire

Words of close approximity

respite