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1. (v.t.) aspirate
to articulate (a speech sound, esp. a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as in the first t of
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2. aspirate
to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h-sound.
3. aspirate
to remove (a fluid) from a body cavity by aspiration.
4. aspirate
to inhale (fluid or a foreign body).
5. aspirate
to draw or remove by suction.
6. (n.) aspirate
a speech sound produced with an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants in English or initial h-sounds.
7. aspirate
the substance or contents inhaled in aspiration.
8. (adj.) aspirate
(of a speech sound) pronounced with or accompanied by aspiration; aspirated.
Etymology: (1660–70; < L aspīrātus, ptp. of aspīrāre. See aspire)
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| Definition of 'aspirate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) aspirate
a consonant pronounced with aspiration
2. (verb) aspirate, draw out, suck out
remove as if by suction
"aspirate the wound"
3. (verb) aspirate
pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
4. (verb) aspirate
suck in (air)
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| Definition of 'aspirate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) aspirate
alt. of Aspirated
2. (noun) aspirate
a sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound
3. (noun) aspirate
a mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing
4. (noun) aspirate
an elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc
5. (verb) aspirate
to pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant
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