BREATHE IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breathe in mean? 

• BREATHE IN (verb)
  The verb BREATHE IN has 1 sense:

1. draw in (air)

  Familiarity information: BREATHE IN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREATHE IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Draw in (air)

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

breathe in; inhale; inspire

Context example:

The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well

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

 Context examples 

The volume of air that a subject can breathe in during the first second of inhalation after maximum exhalation.

(Forced Inspiratory Volume in 1 Second, NCI Thesaurus)

The volume of air that a subject can breathe in during the first second of inhalation after maximum exhalation as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Forced Inspiratory Volume in 1 Second, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

If you breathe in high levels of asbestos over a long period of time, the fibers can build up in the lungs.

(Asbestos, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

A device used to inhale (breathe in) small doses of nicotine through the mouth.

(Nicotine inhaler, NCI Dictionary)

Most people breathe in the spores of the fungus every day without being affected.

(Aspergillosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

It can cause three forms of disease in people. They are: • Cutaneous, which affects the skin. People with cuts or open sores can get it if they touch the bacteria. • Inhalation, which affects the lungs. You can get this if you breathe in spores of the bacteria. • Gastrointestinal, which affects the digestive system. You can get it by eating infected meat.

(Anthrax, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)