inhale

«inhale» in Mova's school dictionary: To breathe air or another gas into your lungs — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (inhale, inhales, inhaled, inhaling)

meaning for a pupil

1) To breathe air or another gas into your lungs. tree →

2) To take in smoke, dust or a medicine by breathing it in. tree →

3) (informal) To eat something very fast, as if breathing it in. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons inhale is the breathing-in part of breathing: you inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. In safety, you should not inhale smoke, fumes or dust. Children with asthma use an inhaler to inhale medicine. Phrases: inhale deeply, inhale and exhale, breathe in.

examples

• Inhale slowly through your nose, then breathe out. tree →
• When you inhale, your chest gets bigger. tree →
• Never inhale fumes from paint or glue. tree →
• Stay low in a fire so you do not inhale smoke. tree →
• She used her inhaler to inhale her medicine. tree →
• We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. tree →
• My brother inhaled his pizza in two minutes (informal). tree →
• Bright and joyous were his feelings as he stepped lightly onwards, inhaling the invigorating mountain air. tree →

note

Regular verb: inhaled, inhaling. Opposite: exhale (breathe out). Noun: inhalation; device: an inhaler. Everyday word: breathe in. Trap: you inhale air, not "inhale out".

In the corpora

• Inhaled steroids are not the same as the steroids some athletes misuse.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «inhale» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.