verb
Meaning 1
To inhale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
breathe in
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verb
Meaning 2
draw in (air)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Inhale deeply
- inhale the fresh mountain air
- The patient has trouble inspiring
- The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inhale, inspire
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
Narrower terms: aspirate, sniff, sniffle, snuffle, snivel, snuff, puff, drag, draw, huff, snort
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 吸氣 /吸气 (xīqì) — to inhale
- Dutch: inademen — to inhale
- Esperanto: inhali — to inhale
- French: inhaler — to inhale
- French: inspirer — to inhale
- Galician: inspirar — to inhale
- German: einatmen — to inhale
- Ancient Greek: εἰσπνέω (eispnéō) — to inhale
- Japanese: 吸い込む (suikomu) — to inhale
- Latin: inhālō — to inhale
- Macedonian: вдиши (vdiši) — to inhale
- Polish: wdychać — to inhale
- Portuguese: inspirar — to inhale
- Swedish: andas in — to inhale
- Turkish: nefes almak — to inhale
- Welsh: anadlu i mewn — to inhale
- Welsh: mewnadlu — to inhale