respire

🇺🇸 /rɪˈspaɪər/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈspaɪə(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to take air into your lungs and send it out again

All living creatures must respire to survive.

translation

v. to take air into your lungs and send it out again

Word Forms

3rd Present respires
Past respired
Perfect respired
Progressive respiring