Meaning

3 senses

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

    einatmen, inhalieren

    вдыха́тьvdyxátʹ, вдохну́тьvdoxnútʹ, вдыха́тьvdyxátʹ

    вдиха́тиvdyxáty, вдихну́тиvdyxnúty

    draw deep into the lungs in by breathing

  2. (transitive)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.

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To eat very quickly.

Examples

31 sentences

  1. I inhaled deeply.

    Я глибоко вдихнув. — deniko

    ruЯ глубоко вдохнул. — Wezel

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  2. Try not to inhale the fumes.

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  3. Tom inhaled deeply.

    deTom atmete tief ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Stop inhaling your food. You should eat more slowly.

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

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to draw air into the lungs:
Русский
By meaning 1
to draw air into the lungs:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to draw air into the lungs:
to draw something into the nose or lungs:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

inhales, inhaling, inhaled, inhaled
Base forminhale · to inhale
3rd person singularinhales
Present participleinhaling
Past simpleinhaled
Past participleinhaled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinhale
he, she, itinhales

Past simpleLesson

all personsinhaled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave inhaled
he, she, ithas inhaled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill inhale

Synonyms

4 synonyms
inspireB1fetchB1breathe ininbreathe
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
breathe outoutbreatheexhaleexpireC1

Word family

9 related words
Relatedinhalerhalitosisinhalantinhalationinhalator
Derivedinhalablemisinhaleouthaleuninhaled

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inhabitB2inhabitantB1inhalationinhalerinherentC1inherentlyC1inheritB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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