From , from in ("in, into, on") + halare ("to breathe").

• (America) IPA: /ɪnˈheɪl/

inhale (inhales, present participle inhaling; simple past and past participle inhaled)

1. (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

2. (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

3. (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.

• exhale

• inhaler
• halitosis

• French: inspirer
• German: einatmen
• Italian: inspirare, inalare
• Portuguese: inalar, inspirar
• Russian: вдыха́ть
• Spanish: inhalar, alentar

• French: aspirer, inhaler
• German: inhalieren
• Italian: inalare
• Portuguese: inalar
• Russian: вдыха́ть
• Spanish: aspirar, inhalar, inspirar

• French: ingurgiter

inhale (plural inhales)

1. 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.