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BREATHE IN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Draw in (air)

Example:

The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well

Synonyms:

breathe in; inhale; inspire

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "breathe in" is one way to...):

breathe; respire; suspire; take a breath (draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "breathe in"):

aspirate (inhale (air, water, etc.))

sniff; sniffle (inhale audibly through the nose)

snivel; snuffle (snuff up mucus through the nose)

snuff (inhale (something) through the nose)

drag; draw; puff (suck in or take (air))

huff; snort (inhale recreational drugs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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