Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of respire
nounrespiring (usually uncountable, plural respirings)
plural respirings
- uncountableusuallyAn 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
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with respiring
requiringhiringwiringfiringinspiringretiringaspiringdesiringexpiringinquiringadmiringtiringconspiringenquiringuninspiringrewiringuntiringquiringperspiringmisfiringrehiringsiringattiringprehiring
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“respiring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respiring. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “respiring,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respiring.
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