inhale, inspire, breathe in
(verb) draw in (air); “Inhale deeply”; “inhale the fresh mountain air”; “The patient has trouble inspiring”; “The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well”
inhale
(verb) draw deep into the lungs in by breathing; “Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• exhale
inhale (plural inhales)
An inhalation.
• haline, healin'
Source: Wiktionary
In*hale", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhaling.] Etym: [L. inhalare to breathe upon; pref. in- in + halare to breathe: cf. F. inhaler. Cf. Exhale.]
Definition: To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale. Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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