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in·hale

Audio Help [in-heyl] Pronunciation Key verb, -haled, -hal·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to breathe in; draw in by breathing: to inhale the polluted air.

–verb (used without object)

2.	to breathe in, esp. the smoke of cigarettes, cigars, etc.: Do you inhale when you smoke?

[Origin: 1715–25; in-² + (ex)hale

]

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in·hale Audio Help   (ĭn-hāl') Pronunciation Key
v.   in·haled, in·hal·ing, in·hales

v.   tr.

To draw (air or smoke, for example) into the lungs by breathing; inspire.
Informal To consume rapidly or eagerly; devour: inhaled lunch and then rushed off to the meeting.

v. intr.

To breathe in; inspire.
To draw smoke into the lungs; puff.

[Latin inhālāre, to breathe upon (meaning influenced by contrast with exhale) : in-, in; see in-² + hālāre, to breathe.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
inhale

1623 (implied in inhalation), from L. inhalare "breathe upon," from in- "upon" + halare "breathe." Taken in Fr. and Eng. as the opposite of exhale. Slang sense of "eat rapidly" is recorded from 1924.

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inhale
verb
1.	draw deep into the lungs in by breathing; "Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled"
2.	draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" [ant: breathe out]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
inhale [inˈheil] verb

to breathe in
Example: He inhaled deeply; It is very unpleasant to have to inhale the smoke from other people's cigarettes.

Arabic:	يَشْهَق، يَشْتَنْشِق
Chinese (Simplified):	吸入
Chinese (Traditional):	吸入
Czech:	vdechovat
Danish:	inhalere; indånde
Dutch:	inademen
Estonian:	sisse hingama
Finnish:	hengittää sisään
French:	respirer
German:	einatmen
Greek:	εισπνέω
Hungarian:	belélegzik
Icelandic:	anda að sér
Indonesian:	menghirup
Italian:	inalare, inspirare

Japanese:	吸い込む
Korean:	들이마시다
Latvian:	ieelpot; ievilkt (dūmus, gaisu)
Lithuanian:	įkvėpti
Norwegian:	puste, *ånde inn, inhalere
Polish:	wdychać
Portuguese (Brazil):	inalar
Portuguese (Portugal):	inalar
Romanian:	a inhala
Russian:	вдыхать
Slovak:	vdychovať
Slovenian:	vdihniti
Spanish:	inhalar, aspirar
Swedish:	andas in
Turkish:	nefes almak

See also: inhaler

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

inhale in·hale (ĭn-hāl')
v. in·haled, in·hal·ing, in·hales

To breathe in; inspire.
To draw something such as smoke or a medicinal mist into the lungs by breathing; inspire.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: in·hale
Pronunciation: in-'hA(&)l
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: in·haled; in·hal·ing
transitivesenses
: to draw in by breathing inhale intransitive senses
: to breathe in

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Inhale

Ex*hale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exaled, p. pr. & vb. n.. Exaling.] [L. exhalare; ex out + halare to breathe; cf.F. exhaler. Cf. Inhale.]

1. To breathe out. Hence: To emit, as vapor; to send out, as an odor; to evaporate; as, the earth exhales vapor; marshes exhale noxious effluvia.

Less fragrant scents the unfolding rose exhales. --Pope.

2. To draw out; to cause to be emitted in vapor; as, the sum exhales the moisture of the earth.

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