aspirate

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/ˈæs.pə.ɹɪt/ English

Definitions

noun

The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive consonant.
A sound produced by such a puff of air.
A mark of aspiration (#) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.

verb

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.

adjective

Aspirated

Related words

Synonyms

breathe in inhale inspire draw in suck in draw aspire strive vacuum supernatant suck aspiration aspirate mutation puff ejective suction stop suspire plosive

Associated

breathy biopsy fricative mutation consonants voiceless aspirated marrow colloquial needle consonant

Rhymes

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate ruminate innate

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