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Meanings of suspire in anglès

portuguès
espirar
català
alenar
espanyol
aspirar

Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs.

        Related terms
        alenar
        portuguès
        suspirar
        català
        sospirar
        espanyol
        suspirar

        Heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily.

              sospirar
              Usage of suspire in anglès
              1
              Between pulls he would suspire deeply, so as to get the full assistance of the Climate.
              Ade's Fables
              2
              She breathed long, gasping breaths and felt something in her suspire that was alien in its comfort.
              Future Lovecraft
              3
              The scene about me suspired like the brilliant and deadly scales of a poisonous reptile.
              Children of the Market Place
              4
              He suspired exhaustively in the still, strong heat, and took possession of the scene with commanding, intolerant eyes.
              Those Who Smiled, and Eleven Other Stories
              5
              You've been suspiring and then you've wiped your forehead with your dirty hand, the way you say I mustn't.
              The Brimming Cup
              6
              The expression became a war-cry, and the world escaped from the baleful sceptre under whose shadow it had too long suspired.
              The Golden Censer / Or, the duties of to-day, the hopes of the f...
              Frequent collocations
              Translations for suspire
              Suspire through the time