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Einatmen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breathe verb To draw air into the lungs and expel it.
  • inhalation noun The act of breathing something in.
  • inhale verb To breathe air or another substance into the lungs.
  • inspiration noun A person, idea, or experience that stimulates creativity or motivation.

Senses

Einatmen is used for these senses in English:

  • breathe (intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
  • breathe (transitive) To draw something into the lungs.
  • breathe in (ambitransitive) To inhale.
  • inhalation The act of inhaling; inbreathing.
  • 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.
  • inspiration (physiology, uncountable) The drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.

breathe — full definition

  1. verb To draw air into the lungs and expel it.
  2. verb To pause briefly to rest or recover.
  3. verb To say something very quietly, almost as a whisper.

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