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
27 February 2025
(verb) reach the summit (of a mountain); “They breasted the mountain”; “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
