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Definition of Inhale

1. Verb. Draw deep into the lungs in by breathing. "Clinton smoked marijuana but never inhaled"

2. Verb. Draw in (air). "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"

Definition of Inhale

1. v. t. To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; -- opposed to exhale.

Definition of Inhale

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

2. Verb. (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. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To eat very quickly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inhale

1. to take into the lungs [v -HALED, -HALING, -HALES]

Medical Definition of Inhale

1. To breathe or draw into the lungs; to inspire; as, to inhale air; opposed to exhale. "Martin was walking forth to inhale the fresh breeze of the evening." (Arbuthnot) Origin: L. Inhalare to breathe upon; pref. In- in + halare to breathe: cf. F. Inhaler. Cf. Exhale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhale

inhalation anaesthesia inhalation anaesthetic inhalation analgesia inhalation anesthesia inhalation anesthetic inhalation anthrax inhalation exposure inhalation general anaesthetic inhalation general anesthetic inhalation therapy

inhalational inhalational injury inhalations inhalator inhalators inhale (current term) inhaled inhalent inhaler inhalers

inhales inhalest inhaleth inhaling inhance inhancement inharmonic inharmonical inharmonicities inharmonicity

Literary usage of Inhale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The resident in Bombay who vanders to the Back Bay beach at sunset to inhale the fresh sea-breezes from Malabar Hill will there observe a congregation of ..."

2. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"Professor Skoda has found inhalation of the vapour of oil of turpentine successful. lie pours the oil on boiling water, and causes the patient to inhale the ..."

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