in·hale
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| 1. | to breathe in; draw in by breathing: to inhale the polluted air. |
| 2. | to breathe in, esp. the smoke of cigarettes, cigars, etc.: Do you inhale when you smoke? |
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v. in·haled, in·hal·ing, in·hales v. tr.
v. intr.
[Latin inhālāre, to breathe upon (meaning influenced by contrast with exhale) : in-, in; see in-2 + hālāre, to breathe.] |
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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 | |
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| 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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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.
See also: inhalerExample: He inhaled deeply; It is very unpleasant to have to inhale the smoke from other people's cigarettes.
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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.
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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
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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