transitive. To draw into the mouth by suction; to inhale (air, etc.); occasionally to draw in (one's breath), etc.

transitive. To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe (a substance) in; to inhale.

transitive. To breathe (something) in. literal and figurative.

transitive. To take (air, smoke, etc.) into the lungs; to breathe (a substance) in; to inhale. Cf. sense 34a(a).

transitive. To draw or receive in; to take inside or on board; to swallow or inhale; to absorb.

transitive. To draw or suck in; to inhale; to imbibe.

To draw, get, take (breath, †a breathing); now rare. Hence by extension, To heave (a sigh); to utter (a groan, scream); to drain (a draught).

= fetch, v. 7.

transitive. To breathe in, inhale. Also figurative.

transitive. To inhale (air, airborne matter, etc.); to draw into the lungs by inhalation; to draw (a fragrance) into the nostrils.

transitive. To draw in (air or breath); to inhale. Cf. attraction, n. 3. Now rare.

To draw (air, breath) into the mouth; to inhale (air, smoke, etc.). Obsolete.

= inspire, v. (in various senses).

Of a person or animal: To drink in, drink (liquid); to inhale (the air, tobacco smoke).

transitive. To breathe in, take into the lungs by breathing, inhale. (Opposed to expire, v. 1.)

transitive. To inflate, expand, or distend (an organ, structure, etc.) again. Also intransitive: to inflate, expand, or distend again.

transitive. To breathe in; to draw in by (or as by) breathing; to take into the lungs. Used spec. of the taking in of anæsthetics in form of gas…

To breathe in, inhale. In quot. 1867 figurative.

transitive. To draw in.