• Inhale

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /ɪnˈheɪl/
    • Rhymes: -eɪl

    Origin

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

    Full definition of inhale

    Verb

    1. (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
    2. (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.
    3. (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.The hungry child inhaled her meal.

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