Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ɪnˈheɪl/
inhale (inhales, present participle inhaling; 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.
- 2014, Dee Disheau, Love in the Sand and the Snow (page 26)
- French: inspirer
- German: einatmen
- Italian: inspirare
- Portuguese: inalar, inspirar
- Russian: вдыха́ть
- Spanish: inhalar, alentar
- French: aspirer, inhaler
- German: inhalieren
- Portuguese: inalar
- Russian: вдыха́ть
- Spanish: aspirar, inhalar, inspirar
- French: ingurgiter
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.
- 2009, David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice
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