inhale
verbEtymology
From Latin inhalare (“to breathe on (breathe in)”), from in (“in, into, on”) + halare (“to breathe”).
Definitions
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.”
To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in…
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.
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.
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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.
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Derived
French inhale, inhalable, inhalation, misinhale, outhale, uninhaled
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at inhale. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at inhale. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at inhale
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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