inhale
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inhale
- /ɪnˈheɪl/ UK, US
Rhymes with -eɪl
Where it comes from
From Latin inhalare (“to breathe on (breathe in)”), from in (“in, into, on”) + halare (“to breathe”).
verb inhales · inhaling · inhaled
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To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
“Please. I’m starved.” Her gaze followed the man with the meatpies while she inhaled deeply, trying to hold onto the heavenly scent. […] “I find myself ravenous for meatpie.”
Similar: breathe in, inbreathe, inspire · Opposite: breathe out, outbreathe, exhale, expire
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To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in the form of aerosols/smoke, sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
[…] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated.
Similar: breathe in, inbreathe, inspire, fetch · Opposite: breathe out, outbreathe, exhale
- To eat very quickly. 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.
Opposite: exhale
noun inhales
- An inhalation. 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: breathe in, breathe, breath, respire, snort, swallow, suction, inspire, two, inspires, inbreathe, draw, imbreathe, inblow, intake, insufflate
verb
Opposite: exhale
Translations
Every language
verb to draw air into the lungs
| Español | inhalar, alentar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 흡입하다 heubiphada, 빨아들이다 pparadeurida |
| 日本語 | 吸い込む suikomu, 吸入する kyūnyū suru |
| 中文 | 吸氣 /吸气 xīqì, 吸入 xīrù |
| Português | inalar, inspirar |
| Français | inspirer |
| Deutsch | einatmen |
| Italiano | inspirare, inalare |
| Ελληνικά | εισπνέω eispnéo |
| Română | inspira, inhala |
| Русский | вдыха́ть vdyxátʹ, вдохну́ть vdoxnútʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | hít |
| العربية | شَهَقَ šahaqa |
| עברית | שָׁאַף shaáf |
verb to draw something into the nose or lungs
| Español | aspirar, inhalar, inspirar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 吸 xī, 吸入 xīrù |
| Português | inalar |
| Français | aspirer, inhaler |
| Deutsch | inhalieren |
| Italiano | inalare |
| Română | aspira, inhala |
| Русский | вдыха́ть vdyxátʹ, вдохну́ть vdoxnútʹ |
verb to eat fast
| Français | ingurgiter |
|---|
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