Inhale Definition

ĭn-hāl

inhaled, inhales, inhaling

verb

inhaled, inhales, inhaling

To draw (air, vapor, etc.) into the lungs; breathe in.

Webster's New World

To draw air, vapor, etc. into the lungs.

Webster's New World

To consume rapidly or voraciously.

To inhale one's dinner.

Webster's New World

To draw tobacco smoke into the lungs when smoking.

Webster's New World

To breathe in; inspire.

American Heritage

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Origin of Inhale

Latin inhālāre to breathe upon (meaning influenced by contrast with exhale) in- in in–² hālāre to breathe

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin inhalare (“to breathe on (breathe in)”), from in (“in, into, on”) + halare (“to breathe”).

From Wiktionary