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inhale

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See also:inhalé

English

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Etymology

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FromLatininhalare(“to breathe on (breathe in)”), fromin(“in, into, on”) +halare(“to breathe”).

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Verb

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inhale (third-person singular simple presentinhales,present participleinhaling,simple past and past participleinhaled)

  1. (intransitive) To drawair into thelungs, through the nose or mouth by action of thediaphragm.
    Synonyms:breathe in,inbreathe,inspire
    Antonyms:breathe out,outbreathe,exhale,expire
    • 1998, Katherine Greyle,Oracle: The Prophesy Fulfilled, Zephyr Cove, Nev.: LionHearted Publishing, Inc.,→ISBN, pages72 and74:
      “Please. I’m starved.” Her gaze followed the man with the meatpies while sheinhaled deeply, trying to hold onto the heavenly scent.[…] “I find myself ravenous for meatpie.”
  2. (transitive) To drawair or any form ofgas (either in a pure form, or mixed with smallparticles in the form ofaerosols/smoke, sometimes stemming from amedicament) into thelungs, through the nose or mouth by action of thediaphragm.
    Synonyms:breathe in,inbreathe,inspire,fetch
    Antonyms:breathe out,outbreathe,exhale
    • 1878,Henry James, “Honoré de Balzac”, inFrench Poets and Novelists‎[1], London: Macmillan,II, p. 122:
      […] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquerinhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated.
    • 1909,E[rnest] W[illiam] Hornung, “An Inaugural Banquet”, inMr. Justice Raffles, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons,→OCLC,page 2:
      And he led the way from the station, stopping once to gloat over the sunset across Trafalgar Square, and again toinhale the tarry scent of the warm wood-paving, which was perfume to his nostrils as the din of its traffic was music to his ears, before we came to one of those political palaces which permit themselves to be included in the list of ordinary clubs.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) Toeat veryquickly.
    • 2014, Dee Disheau,Love in the Sand and the Snow, page26:
      She had also forgotten both diet and protocol as she joined Sven in guzzling large cokes, practicallyinhaling fries and gravy, and rounding off the meal with double malts.

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Translations

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to draw air into the lungs
to draw something into the nose or lungs
to eat fast

Noun

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inhale (pluralinhales)

  1. Aninhalation.
    • 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 eachinhale and then deflates with each exhale.

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Dutch

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Verb

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inhale

  1. (dated or formal)singulardependent-clausepresentsubjunctive ofinhalen

French

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Verb

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inhale

  1. inflection ofinhaler:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Galician

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Verb

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inhale

  1. inflection ofinhalar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

Spanish

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Verb

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inhale

  1. inflection ofinhalar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
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