1. (

• respire ,

) breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety ;

2. (

• respire ,

) undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide ;

3. (

• breathe ,
• take_a_breath ,
• respire ,
• suspire ,

) draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" ;