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# respire

«respire» in Mova's school dictionary: **To breathe** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (respire, respires, respired, respiring) — formal, science

### meaning for a pupil

1) To breathe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respire/#m1)

2) (science) To carry out respiration: to release energy from food (glucose) in the cells, usually using oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide and water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respire/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, all living things respire — plants and animals both — day and night. Respiration is not the same as breathing: breathing moves air in and out; respiration releases energy inside cells. Exam voice: «Explain how muscles respire.»

### examples

- All living things respire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respire/#x1)
- Plants respire day and night, not just in the dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respire/#x2)
- When you run, your muscles respire faster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respire/#x3)
- Yeast respires and makes bubbles of gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respire/#x4)
- Fish respire using oxygen dissolved in water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respire/#x5)
- Seeds respire as they germinate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respire/#x6)

### note

Noun: respiration; adjective: respiratory (the respiratory system). Myth: «plants only photosynthesise and don't respire» — false, they do both.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «respire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.