From Latin inhalare (“to breathe on (breathe in)”), from in (“in, into, on”) + halare (“to breathe”).
Meanings
An inhalation.
Now have client take slower, normal breaths through the nose and notice how the abdomen moves slightly outward with each inhale and then deflates with each exhale. 2009, David A. Clark, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Therapy of Anxiety Disorders: Science and Practice:
From Latin inhalare (“to breathe on (breathe in)”), from in (“in, into, on”) + halare (“to breathe”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
“Please. I’m starved.” Her gaze followed the man with the meatpies while she inhaled deeply, trying to hold onto the heavenly scent. […] “I find myself ravenous for meatpie.” 1998, Katherine Greyle, Oracle: The Prophesy Fulfilled, Zephyr Cove, Nev.: LionHearted Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, pages 72 and 74:
(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.
[…] this room, where misfortune seems to ooze, where speculation lurks in corners, and of which Madame Vauquer inhales the warm, fetid air without being nauseated. 1878, Henry James, “Honoré de Balzac”, in French Poets and Novelists, London: Macmillan, II, p. 122:
And he led the way from the station, stopping once to gloat over the sunset across Trafalgar Square, and again to inhale the tarry scent of the warm wood-paving, which was perfume to his nostrils as the din of its traffic was music to his ears, before we came to one of those political palaces which permit themselves to be included in the list of ordinary clubs. 1909, E[rnest] W[illiam] Hornung, “An Inaugural Banquet”, in Mr. Justice Raffles, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 2:
(figuratively, transitive) To eat very quickly.
She had also forgotten both diet and protocol as she joined Sven in guzzling large cokes, practically inhaling fries and gravy, and rounding off the meal with double malts. 2014, Dee Disheau, Love in the Sand and the Snow, page 26:
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nose or lungs) · hu belélegez (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · be удыха́ць (to draw air into the lungs) · te పీల్చు (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · ro inspira (to draw air into the lungs) · gl devorar (to eat fast) · nb innånde (to draw air into the lungs) · hu befal (to eat fast) · ko 빨아들이다 (to draw air into the lungs) · mk вдишува (to draw air into the lungs) · mi mote (to draw air into the lungs) · be удыхну́ць (to draw air into the lungs) · es inhalar (to draw air into the lungs) · sh udàhnuti (to draw air into the lungs) · cy mewnanadlu (to draw air into the lungs) · za cup heiq (to draw air into the lungs) · sh ùdisati (to draw air into the lungs) · es aspirar (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · hu felszippant (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · mi whakangā (to draw air into the lungs) · sk nadýchnuť sa (to draw air into the lungs) · pl wdychać (to draw air into the lungs) · cy anadlu i mewn (to draw air into the lungs) · ar شَهَقَ (to draw air into the lungs) · io aspirar (to draw air into the lungs) · pl wdychać (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · ro inhala (to draw air into the lungs) · ru вдохну́ть (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · ja 吸入する (to draw air into the lungs) · gl inhalar (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · fi inhaloida (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · nb inhalere (to draw air into the lungs) · th ดม (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · hu beszív (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · fi vetää henkeen (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · de inhalieren (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · cs nadechnout se (to draw air into the lungs) · sh у̀дисати (to draw air into the lungs) · yue 吸 (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · es inspirar (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · vi hít (to draw air into the lungs) · mww qus pa (to draw air into the lungs) · pl wziewać (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · as উশাহ লোৱা (to draw air into the lungs) · za cup (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · ca aspirar inspirar (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · cy anadlu i mewn (rhywbeth) (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · ru вдыха́ть (to draw air into the lungs) · hy ներշնչել (to draw air into the lungs) · sv andas in (to draw air into the lungs) · te ఉచ్ఛ్వాసించు (to draw air into the lungs) · gl inspirar (to draw air into the lungs) · pt inalar (to draw air into the lungs) · cmn 吸入 (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · hu belélegzik (to draw air into the lungs) · bg вди́швам (to draw air into the lungs) · cmn 吸氣 /吸气 (to draw air into the lungs) · bg инхали́рам (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · pl inhalować (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · fi ahmia (to eat fast) · sk vdýchnuť (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · kmr henase girtin (to draw air into the lungs) · ru вдыха́ть (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · pt inalar (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · gl inhalar (to draw air into the lungs) · ja 吸い込む (to draw air into the lungs) · ne श्वास तान्नु (to draw air into the lungs) · ro inhala (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · sl vdihniti (to draw air into the lungs) · sk vdychovať (to draw air into the lungs) · yue 吸氣 /吸气 (to draw air into the lungs) · fi hengittää sisään (to draw air into the lungs) · fr aspirer (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · it inalare (to draw air into the lungs) · bg вди́шам (to draw air into the lungs) · es inhalar (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · sk vdychovať (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · uk вдихну́ти (to draw air into the lungs) · el εισπνέω (to draw air into the lungs) · hu magába töm (to eat fast) · hu fal (to eat fast) · hu magába szív (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · it inspirare (to draw air into the lungs) · de einatmen (to draw air into the lungs) · nn inhalera (to draw air into the lungs) · ast inspirar (to draw air into the lungs) · hu belehel (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · km ស្រូប (to draw air into the lungs) · pt inspirar (to draw air into the lungs) · sk vdýchnuť (to draw air into the lungs) · nl inademen (to draw air into the lungs) · hu felfal (to eat fast) · sh уда̀хнути (to draw air into the lungs) · ko 흡입하다 (to draw air into the lungs) · hu inhalál (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · es alentar (to draw air into the lungs) · nn inhalere (to draw air into the lungs) · ca inhalar (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · he שָׁאַף (to draw air into the lungs) · it inalare (to draw something into the nose or lungs) · da inhalere (to draw air into the lungs)