Main entry: suspire, take a breath, breathe, respire
Definition: draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
Usage: I can breathe better when the air is clean; The patient is respiring
Main entry: respire
Definition: undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
Main entry: respire
Definition: breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety