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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#m1)

2) To take in smoke, dust or a medicine by breathing it in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#m2)

3) (informal) To eat something very fast, as if breathing it in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#x1)
- When you inhale, your chest gets bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#x2)
- Never inhale fumes from paint or glue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#x3)
- Stay low in a fire so you do not inhale smoke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#x4)
- She used her inhaler to inhale her medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#x5)
- We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#x6)
- My brother inhaled his pizza in two minutes (informal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#x7)
- Bright and joyous were his feelings as he stepped lightly onwards, inhaling the invigorating mountain air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inhale» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhale/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.