respire - undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide

respire - breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

respire - breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

choke - breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"

hyperventilate - breathe excessively hard and fast; "The mountain climber started to hyperventilate"

hiccough, hiccup - breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water"

sigh, suspire - heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly"

breathe out, exhale, expire - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"

breathe in, inhale, inspire - draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"

wheeze - breathe with difficulty

yawn - utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"

saw logs, saw wood, snore - breathe noisily during one's sleep; "she complained that her husband snores"

breathe in, inhale, inspire - draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"

breathe out, exhale, expire - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"

subsist, exist, survive, live - support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

instill, transfuse - impart gradually; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"

convey, impart - make known; pass on, of information

intermit, pause, break - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

oxidise, oxidize, oxidate - add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

belch, burp, eruct, bubble - expel gas from the stomach; "In China it is polite to burp at the table"

force out - emit with force of effort; "force out the air"

give forth, emanate, exhale - give out (breath or an odor); "The chimney exhales a thick smoke"

eject, discharge, release, expel - eliminate (substances) from the body

radiate - send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"

bubble - form, produce, or emit bubbles; "The soup was bubbling"