v., -haled, -hal·ing, -hales.

v.tr.

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

v.intr.

1. To breathe in; inspire.
2. 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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verb

To draw air into the lungs in the process of respiration: breathe (in), inspire. See breath/breathlessness.

v

Definition: breathe in
Antonyms: breathe out, exhale, expire

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IN BRIEF: To breathe in.

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner. — Sophia Loren, Italian film actress.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indånde
v. intr. - ånde ind, inhalere

Nederlands (Dutch)
inhaleren, inademen, achteroverslaan

Français (French)
v. tr. - aspirer, inhaler, avaler, humer, respirer
v. intr. - respirer, avaler (la fumée)

Deutsch (German)
v. - inhalieren, einatmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εισπνέω, παίρνω αναπνοή

Italiano (Italian)
inalare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inalar

Русский (Russian)
вдыхать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inhalar, aspirar
v. intr. - inhalar, aspirar, tragar el humo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - andas in, dra in, inhalera, dra halsbloss

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
吸入, 吸气

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 吸入
v. intr. - 吸氣

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 빨아들이다, 흡입하다
v. intr. - 빨아들이다, 흡입하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 吸入する, 吸い込む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستنشق الهواء, يشهق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שאף‬
v. intr. - ‮נשם פנימה‬

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