Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
produce hyperventilation in;
- Example: "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient"2.
breathe excessively hard and fast;
- Example: "The mountain climber started to hyperventilate"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hyperventilate \hyperventilate\ v. i.
to breathe rapidly and deeply; to breathe excessively; as,
The mountain climber started to hyperventilate.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hyperventilate
v 1: produce hyperventilation in; "The nurses had to
hyperventilate the patient"
2: breathe excessively hard and fast; "The mountain climber
started to hyperventilate"