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respiring en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) An act of respiration.
    • I would walk through the rooms I rented and listen to the unhurried murmurs the town made, constant and rhythmic, as subtly troubled as the nighttime respirings of a light sleeper. There was never silence. 2005, Auburn University, Southern humanities review, volume 39, number 3, page 140:

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respiring en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of respire
    form of respire