inhale

CEFRB2

/ɪnˈheɪl/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To breathe air, smoke, or a smell into the lungs.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To eat very quickly.

Examples

  • I don't like to inhale someone's smoke while I'm working.

  • The doctor told me to inhale and exhale slowly and deeply.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.

  2. To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in the form of aerosols/smoke, sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An inhalation.

More examples

In context

  • […] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated.

  • “Please. I’m starved.” Her gaze followed the man with the meatpies while she inhaled deeply, trying to hold onto the heavenly scent. […] “I find myself ravenous for meatpie.”

  • Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale.

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Antonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

When you breathe in deeply, you blank fresh air into your lungs.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Latin inhalare (“to breathe on (breathe in)”), from in (“in, into, on”) + halare (“to breathe”).