Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To breathe in and out; inhale and exhale.
- intransitive verb To carry out the metabolic process of respiration.
- intransitive verb Archaic To regain one's spirits, as after a period of exertion or trouble.
- intransitive verb To inhale and exhale (air, for example); breathe.
- intransitive verb To use (a molecule or compound) for the metabolic process of respiration.
- intransitive verb To keep (a person or animal) breathing by artificial means.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To breathe again; hence, to rest or enjoy relief after toil or suffering.
- To breathe; inhale air into the lungs and exhale it, for the purpose of maintaining animal life; henee, to live.
- To breathe in and out, as air; inhale and exhale; breathe.
- To exhale; breathe out; send out in exhalations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.
- transitive verb rare To breathe out; to exhale.
- intransitive verb To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
- intransitive verb (Physiol.) To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
breathe in andout . - verb intransitive To engage in the process of
respiration . - verb intransitive To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress.
- verb transitive To inhale and exhale; to breathe.
- noun obsolete
Rest ,respite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
- verb draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- verb undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Not only is it hard to respire, but hard to comprehend that you are here, making pilgrimage in this utterly transfixing world, more surreal then anything New York City has to offer.
Jordan Mallah: My Powerful Pilgrimage to Chidambram, Tamil Nadu, India Jordan Mallah 2011
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Not only is it hard to respire, but hard to comprehend that you are here, making pilgrimage in this utterly transfixing world, more surreal then anything New York City has to offer.
Jordan Mallah: My Powerful Pilgrimage to Chidambram, Tamil Nadu, India Jordan Mallah 2011
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Having been harrassd by too much thinking and too many trivial engagements, and an employment that I shall never like, I determined that I would respire one mouthfull of real country air if possible and I know at the same time that pollution of smoke reaches ten miles round the Metropolis.
Letter 106 2009
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Not only is it hard to respire, but hard to comprehend that you are here, making pilgrimage in this utterly transfixing world, more surreal then anything New York City has to offer.
Jordan Mallah: My Powerful Pilgrimage to Chidambram, Tamil Nadu, India Jordan Mallah 2011
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Not only is it hard to respire, but hard to comprehend that you are here, making pilgrimage in this utterly transfixing world, more surreal then anything New York City has to offer.
Jordan Mallah: My Powerful Pilgrimage to Chidambram, Tamil Nadu, India Jordan Mallah 2011
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The state cannot issue you a “respire and maintain temperature above the room in which you find yourself” permit.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the Chances Courts Would Strike Down the Individual Mandate 2010
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In the Hydra, the animal may be turned inside out, and the exterior surface will then digest and the stomach respire.
A New Book 2010
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In the Hydra, the animal may be turned inside out, and the exterior surface will then digest and the stomach respire.
A New Book 2010
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The state cannot issue you a “respire andmaintain temperature above the room in which you find yourself” permit.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the Chances Courts Would Strike Down the Individual Mandate 2010
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Not only is it hard to respire, but hard to comprehend that you are here, making pilgrimage in this utterly transfixing world, more surreal then anything New York City has to offer.
Jordan Mallah: My Powerful Pilgrimage to Chidambram, Tamil Nadu, India Jordan Mallah 2011
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