respire

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To breathe in and out successively.
2. verb To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
3. verb To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide (as animals do), or vice versa (as plants do).
4. verb To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe.
5. verb To recover hope, courage, or strength after a time of difficulty.
6. noun Rest, respite.

Similar words

take a breath breathe inhale breathe in inbreathe imbreathe respirate inspire ventilate embreathe

Often followed by

by and in at anaerobically the through more aerobically

Word family

respired respires respiring