inhaling

From the verb inhale: (⇒ conjugate)

inhaling is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•hale /ɪnˈheɪl/   v., -haled, -hal•ing. 

1. to breathe in or draw in (smoke, air, etc.) by breathing: [~ + object]
   to inhale air; to inhale the fumes.
   [no object]
   inhaled deeply on her cigarette.

See -hale-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•hale  (in hāl′), v., -haled, -hal•ing. 
v.t. 

1. to breathe in;
   draw in by breathing:
   to inhale the polluted air.

v.i. 

2. to breathe in, esp. the smoke of cigarettes, cigars, etc.:
   Do you inhale when you smoke?

• in-² + (ex)hale 1715–25

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inhale / ɪnˈheɪl/ verb

1. to draw (breath) into the lungs; breathe in

Etymology: 18th Century: from in-² + Latin halāre to breathe