breathed in
Took air in
Breathed in is the past tense of breathe in, meaning to draw air or another substance into the lungs through the nose or mouth.
It describes the completed action of inhalation: She breathed in deeply before diving underwater.
The phrase can also apply to inhaling things other than air: He accidentally breathed in some dust from the construction site.
- sniffBrief nasal inhalation
- gaspSudden sharp breath
- oxygenElement eight, colorless gas
- snortedExhaled sharply in disdain
- airGaseous envelope surrounding Earth
whiffed · inspire · smoke · lungs · gulped · pollen · allergens · nose · panted · diaphragm · lung capacity · alveoli · dust · sighed · pulmonary · draw in · gas exchange · nostrils
respiratory direction
breathed inbreathed out
Expelled air from lungs
exhaled · expired · expelled · blew out · puffed out
breath, breathe, breathing, breather, breathed, breathes, inhaled, breathable