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What does inhale mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word inhale? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
  2. (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.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.
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I bent down to inhale, but he blew the powder into the air, muttered an expletive and stumbled out.
But I can't make myself pause and inhale the view today, instead I patter down the steps towards the rose gardens and another wedding.
Perfumed with what I think was orange blossoms, it was so aromatic that I wanted to inhale the glass on the first sip.
I was trying to inhale two pieces of toast whole, when I heard a furious knocking at the door.
I'm more than happy to inhale a bag of chips, chug beer, and crunch the empty can between my palm and my forehead.
Weeds can be dangerous, especially foxtail grasses with barbed seed heads, which dogs can accidentally inhale with serious consequences.

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