Aspirate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. Linguistics To pronounce (a vowel or word) with the initial release of breath associated with English h, as in hurry.
  • v. Linguistics To follow (a consonant, especially a stop consonant) with a puff of breath that is clearly audible before the next sound begins, as in English pit or kit.
  • v. To draw (something) into the lungs; inhale.
  • v. Medicine To remove an abnormal accumulation of (a liquid or gas) from the body by aspiration.
  • v. Medicine To suction (a body part or growth, for example) for the removal of a liquid or a gas.
  • n. Linguistics The speech sound represented by English h.
  • n. Linguistics The puff of air accompanying the release of a stop consonant.
  • n. Linguistics A speech sound followed by a puff of breath.
  • n. Medicine Matter removed by aspiration.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive consonant.
  • n. A sound produced by such a puff of air.
  • v. To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
  • v. To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
  • v. To produce an audible puff of breath. especially following a consonant.
  • adj. aspirated
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound
  • n. 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.
  • n. A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
  • n. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
  • adj. Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To pronounce with a breathing or an audible emission of breath; pronounce with such a sound as that of the letter h: as, we aspirate the words horse and house, but not hour and honor; cockneys often aspirate words beginning with a vowel.
  • To remove by aspiration.
  • To be uttered with an aspirate or strong breathing.
  • Pronounced with the aspirate or rough breathing; pronounced with the h-sound, or with a strong emission of breath.
  • n. An aspirated sound, or a sound like our h; a sound with which the h-sound is combined, or which corresponds historically to a sound of this nature: thus, the Sanskrit kh, gh, bh, etc., and the Greek ch, th, ph (χ, θ, φ) are called aspirates, as are also the English f, th, which are more properly called breathings or spirants; also, a character or combination of characters representing a sound thus described, as the letter h, the Greek rough breathing, etc.
  • To impel by aspiration or suction: as, to aspirate a current of air through a tube.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. suck in (air)
  • v. remove as if by suction
  • n. a consonant pronounced with aspiration
  • v. pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
  • Equivalent
    aspirated   
    Verb Form
    aspirated    aspirates    aspirating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    breathe in    inhale    inspire    remove    take    withdraw    take away    consonant    articulate    enunciate   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    aspirated    aspirating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spiritus    breathing    aspiration    breathe in    inhale    inspire   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    exasperate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    simpel    intubation    artikel    hour    stoma    two    vowel    ruf    dipthong    colposcopy