RESPIRE


Meaning of RESPIRE in English

verb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

However, after dark the plants and algae stop producing oxygen and instead use it to respire .

However, many modern organisms respire without the aid of oxygen; that is, are anaerobic.

Plants photosynthesise during the day more rapidly than they respire at night.

Terrestrial amphibians respire through their skin and to do this must keep it moist with mucus.

This assists the corals in the building of their skeletons, and releases oxygen which helps the corals respire .

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