respire
res
rÉĒs
ris
pire
ˈpaÉĒər
paiēr
/ÉšÉĒspˈa‍ÉĒ‍ə/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "respire"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to breathe in and out, taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide from the lungs
Intransitive
to respire definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fish respire through gills, extracting oxygen from water.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āĻĢ⧁āϞāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ, āϜāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ āφāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a plant) to absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide during the night instead of performing photosynthesis
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Unlike during the day, plants respire at night without using sunlight for photosynthesis.
āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ⧇, āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to regain normal breathing after exertion or stress
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He leaned against the wall, trying to respire after the intense workout.
āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āφāωāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϞāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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