inbreathe
Take air in
To inbreathe is to breathe in or inhale—a literary or poetic alternative to the plainer words.
It can also mean to inspire or infuse, as if breathing something into a person: The spirit was inbreathed into the clay figure.
The word appears rarely outside religious or elevated contexts.
Attract and involve
- suck inDraw inward by pressure
- lungfulCapacity of one breath
- gaspSudden sharp breath
- sniffBrief nasal inhalation
gulp · inspiration · aspiration · airflow · puff · drag · snort · ventilate
draw in
Attract and involve
sniff · gulp · inspiration · aspiration · airflow · puff · drag · snort · ventilate · air intake
inspire
Stir to action
quicken · enliven · vitalize · awaken · prana · qi · life force · pneuma · chi
take in
Accept into shelter
- assimilateAbsorb and incorporate fully
- imbibeTo consume liquid
- draw intoGradually involve someone
permeate · suffuse · infuse · saturate · soak in · pervade · receive · engulf · incorporate · steep
inbreatheexhale
Expel breath outward
breathe out · expire · expel · blow out · expiration