āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
respire
/ÉšÉĒspËaâÉĒâÉ/
to respire
01
āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to breathe in and out, taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide from the lungs
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fish respire through gills, extracting oxygen from water.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĢā§āϞāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύā§āϝāĻŧ, āĻāϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύ āĻāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰāĻž
(of a plant) to absorb oxygen and release carbon dioxide during the night instead of performing photosynthesis
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Unlike during the day, plants respire at night without using sunlight for photosynthesis.
āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤā§, āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ⧠āϏā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āύāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āϏāĻžāϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻļā§āϞā§āώāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to regain normal breathing after exertion or stress
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He leaned against the wall, trying to respire after the intense workout.
āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āϏ⧠āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧠āĻšā§āϞāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
respiration
respirator
respiratory
respire
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