Inhale

Definition: Inhale

Inhale

Verb

1. Draw in by breathing; "Clinton never inhaled".

2. Draw in air; "Inhale deeply".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "inhale" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Note: Inhale \In*hale"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Inhaled; present participle verb or noun Inhaling.]. (references)

Synonym: Inhale

Reception

Verb: give entrance to, give admittance to, give the entree; introduce, intromit; usher, admit, receive, import, bring in, open the door to, throw in, ingest, absorb, imbibe, inhale, breathe in; let in, take in, suck in, draw in; readmit, resorb, reabsorb; snuff up, swallow, ingurgitate; engulf, engorge; gulp; eat, drink; (food).

Crosswords: Inhale

Then don't inhale. (Dream On; writing credit: Phil Bedard; Larry Lalonde)

Every atom in my body could inhale her (Girl With the Hungry Eyes; performing artist: JEFFERSON STARSHIP)

Then you can breathe, long as you don't inhale. (Pollution; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

References

• Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• He Didn't Inhale... She Didn't Swallow: A Comic Review of the Clinton Administration (reference)

• I Didn't Inhale (reference)

• INHALE THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• Inhale, Exhale, Hold and Other Poems (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Waiting to Inhale [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

M. tuberculosis bacteria can attack any part of the body, but usually the lungs causing Tuberculosis. It is spread when infected individuals cough or sneeze, releasing microdroplets into the air that contain the bacteria, which others then inhale. Credit: CDC.

"We don't want to inhale nicotine" says the child on this Soviet poster. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Novosti..

Health

During an episode of obstructive apnea, the person’s effort to inhale air creates suction that collapses the windpipe. (references)

Scientists are hopeful that the affected airway cells might be easily accessible to potential gene therapy vectors because patients can inhale vector aerosols. (references)

Cigar and pipe smokers, on the other hand, typically do not inhale the smoke, so nicotine is absorbed more slowly through the mucosal membranes of their mouths. (references)

Ending with "inhale": re-inhale.

Afrikaans

inasem. (various references)

Albanian

thith (absorb, draw, draw down, drink, imbibe, immerse, nipple, pull at, snuff, soak, soak up, sop, suck, suck in, take up), thëthij (drink in, engross, exhaust, suck), marr frymë (breathe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تنفس (aspiration, breath, breathe, breathing, respiration, respire, sniff), ‏إستنشق (sniff, snuff, whiff), ‏إستشق الدخان, ‏شهق (inspire, sob), ‏دخن (cure, fume, fumigate, reek, smoke). (various references)

Bulgarian 

вдъхвам (ensoul, imbue, implant, inbreathe, inform, inoculate, inspire, prepossess, prompt, snort), вдишвам (inspire, respire, whiff), инхалирам. (various references)

Chinese 

吸入 (inhalation, inhaled, inhaling, Snuffed, Snuffing). (various references)

Czech

inhalovat (inbreathe), vdechovat. (various references)

Danish

antikvælningsventil (anti-suffocation valDF a valve incorporated in an oxygen system whereby the user may inhale ambient air, should the oxygen supply fail or be disconnected. In some systems such a valve is essential to avoid suffocation if the wearer is unable to remove the mask from his face). (various references)

Dutch

ophalen (lever), inademen. (various references)

Esperanto

enspiri. (various references)

Faeroese

anda inn. (various references)

Farsi 

تنفس کردن (Recess, Respire), توکشیدن (Retraction), استنشاق کردن (Aspire, Breathe, Inspire), استشمام کردن (Sniff), درریه فروبردن , بداخل کشیدن . (various references)

Finnish

vetää henkeensä, hengittää sisään (breathe in). (various references)

French

inspirer (inspire), inhaler, téter (suck in), respirer (inbreathe), humer, avaler la fumée, aspirer (breathe in), aspiration (suck in). (various references)

German

inhalieren (to inhale), einatmen (breathe in, sniff, to inhale). (various references)

Greek 

εισπνέω (breathe in). (various references)

Hebrew 

לנשום (breathe, respire). (various references)

Hungarian

inhalál, belehel (to inhale), belélegez (to imbibe, to inspire). (various references)

Indonesian

menghirup (breathe, lap). (various references)

Italian

aspirare (suck in). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

吸い込む (to inhale). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すいこむ (to inhale). (various references)

Korean 

흡입으십시요. (various references)

Manx

tayrn stiagh (call in, draw in, pull in). (various references)

Norwegian

innhalere. (various references)

Pig Latin

inhaleay.(various references)

Portuguese

inalar (breathe, imbibe), aspirar (aspire). (various references)

Romanian

inspira (inspire), inhala (imbibe), respira (breathe, draw one's breath, respire, take breath), absorbi (absorb, aspirate, captivate, engage, engross, fascinate, imbibe, soak, sponge, suck). (various references)

Russian 

вдыхать (breathe, breathe in, drink, imbibe, inbreathe, inspire). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

inhalirati, udisati (breathe). (various references)

Spanish

inhalar (sniff, snort), aspirar (aim, aspirate, aspire, breathe, breathe in, draw in, snuff, suck in, suck up). (various references)

Swedish

inandas (imbibe, inbreathe). (various references)

Thai

หายใจเข้า (inbreathe). (various references)

Turkish

içine çekmek (engulf, imbibe, inspire, sop up, suck, suck in, suck up, swallow, swallow up), iç çekmek (draw a sigh, fetch a sigh, heave a sigh, sigh, suspire), solumak (breathe), soluk almak (draw breath, inspire, respire, take a breath), nefes almak (breath, breathe, draw a breath, draw breath, draw in, respire, suspire, take a breath), nefes çekmek (pull, suck, take a whiff), çekmek (absorb, drag, draw, haul, pull, tug). (various references)

Ukrainian

робити інгаляцію, вдихати (breathe, breathe in, imbibe, respire). (various references)

Zulu

-donsa umoya. (various references)

excepta, excepto, imbibere, inhalare. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "inhale": inhaled, inhaler, inhalers, inhales. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Inhale" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aghalee, enhale, Eynhallow, inah, incal, Inchape, Inchmarlo, Ingalo, inhalt, inhide, inval, linshalm, Nephele, Nihali. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: alien, aline, anile, elain, liane.

-2 letters: anil, elan, elhi, haen, hail, hale, heal, heil, hila, ilea, lain, lane, lean, lien, line, nail.

-3 letters: ail, ain, ale, ane, ani, hae, hen, hie, hin, lea, lei, lie, lin, nae, nah, nil.

-4 letters: ae, ah, ai, al, an, eh, el, en, ha, he, hi, in, la, li.

+1 letter: healing, hernial, hyaline, inhaled, inhaler, inhales.

+2 letters: achenial, anthelia, anthelix, aphelian, aphelion, atheling, cephalin, elaphine, ethnical, exhaling, fellahin, hairline, handlike, hardline, headline, healings, hibernal, hyalines, hymenial, inchmeal, inhalers, inhauler, kephalin, leaching, leashing, nailhead, narghile, nargileh, phelonia, shealing, shinleaf, unhailed, zenithal.

+3 letters: allethrin, angelfish, anthelion, aphelions, ashlering, athelings, bleaching, cephalins, chatelain, chelating, chelation, chelonian, cochineal, earthling, enchilada, enhaloing, hailstone, hairlines, halocline, haltering, hanseling, harlequin, headlined, headliner, headlines, heliozoan, heralding, hobnailed, humanlike, inhaulers, kephalins, lathering, leviathan, meanwhile, mishandle, nailheads, narghiles, nargilehs, nemophila, neophilia, parhelion, philander, planished, planisher, planishes, pleaching, selachian, shaveling, shealings, shearling, shinleafs, technical, thinkable, thylacine, unethical.