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Word: inhale (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • intransitive To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
  • figurative To eat very quickly.
  • transitive To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.

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