respire

respire is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To take breath again; hence, to take rest or refreshment.
2. intransitive verb. To breathe; to inhale air into the lungs, and exhale it from them, successively, for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the blood.
3. transitive verb. To breathe in and out; to inspire and expire,, as air; to breathe.
4. transitive verb. To breathe out; to exhale.
5. verb. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

   "I can breathe better when the air is clean"

   "The patient is respiring"

   Synonyms: breathe, suspire

6. verb. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
7. verb. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

Synonyms

breathe, suspire

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in respire:

perries, prisere, reprise

Common word forms

respired, respires, respiring

Words from these letters

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