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Antonyms for inhale

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-heyl
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈheɪl

Definition of inhale

Origin :
  • 1725, "to breathe in," back-formation from inhalation or else from Latin inhalare "breathe upon," from in- "upon" (see in- (2)) + halare "breathe." Related: Inhaled; inhaling. Current sense is because the word was taken as the opposite of exhale. Slang sense of "eat rapidly" is recorded from 1924. As a noun, by 1934. Related: Inhaled; inhaling.
  • verb breathe in
Example sentences :
  • Not because, as some people tell you, they are made of inferior tobacco, but because you inhale them.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • Is it not an ardent desire to inhale a portion of the being we love?
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • That the dead may arise and inhale the incense of offerings.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • Why, you would cease to inhale the breath of life itself, for his sake.
  • Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton » by Wardon Allan Curtis
  • Let me for a while inhale the breath of an invigorating literature.
  • Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: Italy » by Various
  • It does not follow, however, that because this gas is formed we are obliged to inhale it.
  • Extract from : « Popular Education » by Ira Mayhew
  • His bosom seemed to inhale not air but the strength of eternal youth and gladness.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • Never cover a child's head, so that it will inhale the air of its own lungs.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
  • "It's awful the way I inhale," said Slops with a melancholy sigh.
  • Extract from : « The Varmint » by Owen Johnson
  • He sprang from his bed, and opened the window to inhale the fresh air.
  • Extract from : « Faustus » by Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger

Synonyms for inhale

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