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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
