| VERB | body | breathe in, inhale, inspire | draw in (air) |
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| Meaning | Draw in (air). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | inhale, inspire | |
| Entailed by | breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire | Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs |
| smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes | |
| Narrower | aspirate | (air) suck in |
| huff, snort | inhale recreational drugs | |
| puff, drag, draw | suck in or take (air) | |
| sniff, sniffle | inhale audibly through the nose | |
| snuff | inhale audibly through the nose | |
| snuffle, snivel | Snuff up mucus through the nose | |
| Broader | breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire | Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs |
| See also | breathe | draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs |
| Opposite | exhale, expire, breathe out | Expel air |
| Spanish | inhalar, inspirar | |
| Catalan | aspirar, inhalar, inspirar | |
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