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Nouns
(n)
aspirate
a consonant pronounced with aspiration
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(n)
aspirate
a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
“The p in English pot is an aspirate, but the p in spot is not.”
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Verbs
(v)
aspirate
,
draw out
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suck out
remove by suction
“aspirate the wound”
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(v)
aspirate
pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
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(v)
aspirate
inhale (air, water, etc.)
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