aspirate

Meanings

Plural: aspirates

Noun

• a consonant pronounced with aspiration
• The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
• A sound produced by such a puff of air.
• A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
• A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn via aspiration (usually through a hollow needle) from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.

Verb

• remove as if by suction
  • "aspirate the wound"
• pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
• suck in (air)
• To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
• To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
• To produce an audible puff of breath, especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English.

Adj

• Synonym of aspirated.

Synonyms

aspirated, breathe in, draw out, inhale, inspire, suck out

Related Words

asperate, aspiration, aspirational, aspirator, aspire, nonaspirate, unaspirate

Anagrams of aspirate