respire-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: return to easy breathing

Examples:
Once your heart rate lowers, you can respire.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: respire.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Change from oxygen to carbon monoxide by breathing.

Examples:
All organisms require fuel to respire.
Human lungs require oxygen to respire.
Fish use their gills to respire.
The patient with lung cancer had trouble respiring.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: respire.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Draw in and expel air through lungs.

Examples:
He breathes air that ordinary mortals only occasionally respire.
I can respire better when the air is clean.
The patient is respiring.
Respire deeply.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: Breathing
PropBank: respire.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3