respired
past simple and past participle ofrespire
respire
verb[I]
biologyspecializeduk/rɪˈspaɪər/us/rɪˈspaɪr/tobreathe
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
- aerobic
- aerobic respiration
- anaerobic respiration
- asphyxia
- asphyxiation
- breathable
- breathe
- breathlessly
- exhale
- puffed (out)
- respiratory
- respire
- shallow
- sigh
- sleep apnoea
- smother
- snuffle
- strangulate
- suffocation
- throttle
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respired
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Measurement and interpretation of the oxygen isotope composition of carbon dioxiderespiredby leaves in the dark.
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The lead emissions of exhaust gases are particularly dangerous in this respect since they occur in the form of minute particles which reach the pulmonary tract inrespiredair.
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Carbon is stored in the soil as organic matter and isrespiredby plants, bacteria, fungi and animals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They provide a high discharge ratio near the surface, but the discharge ratio is not fixed either as a proportion ofrespiredvolume or mass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A portion of therespiredgas is discharged that is in some way proportional to usage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of the carbon compounds are easily digested andrespiredby the microbes, resulting in a relatively short residence time.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dead plant material in or above soils remains there for some time before beingrespiredby heterotrophs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.About half of the gross primary production isrespiredby plants directly back into the atmosphere.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.By ingesting these organisms, carbon that was initially in plant organic compounds and was incorporated into bacterial and fungal structures will now berespiredby the soil animal.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These relatively simple molecules may be then used to further synthesise more complicated molecules, including proteins, complex carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids, or berespiredto perform work.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If the organic matter is eaten,respired, delivered to the water as ammonia, and re-incorporated into organic matter by phytoplankton it is considered recycled/regenerated production.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It has been suggested that vigorous deepwater bacterial bloomrespirednearly all the released methane within 4 months, leaving behind a residual microbial community containing methanotrophic bacteria.
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