inhaler — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
inhaler is used for these senses in English:
- aspirate (transitive) To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
- breathe in (ambitransitive) To inhale.
- inhale (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
- inhale (transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
aspirate — full definition
- verb To accidentally draw food, liquid or another foreign substance into the airway or lungs instead of swallowing it into the stomach.
- verb To draw fluid, tissue or air out of a body cavity using suction, usually with a needle or tube.
- verb To pronounce a sound with an audible puff of breath, as with the h in 'hat' or the p in 'pin'.
- noun A consonant sound made with a puff of breath, or the letter representing it.
inhale — full definition
- verb To breathe air or another substance into the lungs.
- verb (informal) To eat something very quickly.