inhale
pronunciation
How to pronounce inhale in British English:
UK [ɪnˈheɪl]
How to pronounce inhale in American English:
US [ɪnˈheɪl]
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- Verb:
- draw deep into the lungs in by breathing
- draw in (air)
Word Origin
- inhale (v.)
- 1725, "to breathe in," back-formation from inhalation or else from Latin inhalare "breathe upon," from in- "upon" (see in- (2)) + halare "breathe." Related: Inhaled; inhaling. Current sense is because the word was taken as the opposite of exhale. Slang sense of "eat rapidly" is recorded from 1924. As a noun, by 1934. Related: Inhaled; inhaling.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Shouting can cause you to inhale dangerous amounts of dust .
- 2. Users can inhale nicotine without tar , tobacco or carbon monoxide .
- 3. Exhale as you curl up ; inhale as you release .
- 4. The stories inside me are steadily changing form as they inhale the new atmosphere .
- 5. During this test , you inhale increasing amounts of methacholine aerosol mist before and after spirometry .