suspire
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
She sighed sadly
Types & categories
- breathe hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
I can breathe better when the air is clean
Types & categories
- respire hyponym
- choke hyponym
- hyperventilate hyponym
- hiccup hyponym
- sigh hyponym
- exhale hyponym
- breathe in hyponym
- wheeze hyponym
- yawn hyponym
- snore hyponym
Related & opposite
- exhale also see
- breathe in also see
- breathing derivation
- respirator derivation
- schnorkel derivation
- respiratory derivation
- exhale entails
- breathe in entails
- respire verb group
- respire verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sigh |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sigh |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | breathe |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | exhale |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | breathe in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | breathing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | respirator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | schnorkel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | respiratory |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | exhale |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | breathe in |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | respire |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | respire |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | respire |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | choke |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hyperventilate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hiccup |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sigh |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exhale |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | breathe in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wheeze |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | yawn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snore |