inhale
See also: inhalé
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin inhalare (“to breathe on (breathe in)”), from in (“in, into, on”) + halare (“to breathe”).
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VerbEdit
inhale (third-person singular simple present inhales, present participle inhaling, simple past and past participle inhaled)
- (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
- Synonyms: breathe in, inbreathe, inspire
- Antonyms: breathe out, outbreathe, exhale, expire (archaic)
- (transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
- Synonyms: breathe in, inbreathe, inspire
- Antonyms: breathe out, outbreathe, exhale
- (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.
- 2014, Dee Disheau, Love in the Sand and the Snow, page 26:
- She had also forgotten both diet and protocol as she joined Sven in guzzling large cokes, practically inhaling fries and gravy, and rounding off the meal with double malts.
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TranslationsEdit
to draw air into the lungs
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to draw something into the nose or lungs
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NounEdit
inhale (plural inhales)
- An inhalation.
- 2009, David A. Clark; Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice:
- Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale.
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Further readingEdit
- “inhale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “inhale”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- inhale at OneLook Dictionary Search
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DutchEdit
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inhale
FrenchEdit
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inhale
- inflection of inhaler:
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inhale
- inflection of inhalar: