respire
verb
re·spire
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respired;
respiring
Definition of respire
2
of a cell or tissue
: to take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide through oxidation
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Examples of respire in a Sentence
Fish use their gills to respire.
though unconscious, the patient is still respiring
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Consider leafy vegetables, which immediately start to respire faster once they are cut. — Nicola Temple, WSJ, "Give Processed Food a Break," 4 May 2018 The gases are then respired out of the lungs: literal fart breath. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Farts: which animals do, which don’t, and why," 3 Apr. 2018 In the 18th century and earlier, most baking was dictated by the delicate whims of respiring yeast. — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, "The Great Uprising: How a Powder Revolutionized Baking," 20 June 2017 This makes sense, since roots are respiring organs. — Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, "Blundering Gardener: Your soil is your soil. Or is it?," 14 Jan. 2017 In the 18th century and earlier, most baking was dictated by the delicate whims of respiring yeast. — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, "The Great Uprising: How a Powder Revolutionized Baking," 21 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'respire.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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