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Noun: aspirate  aspurut
  1. A consonant pronounced with aspiration
Verb: aspirate  'aspu`reyt
  1. Remove as if by suction
    "aspirate the wound"
    - draw out, suck out
     
  2. Pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
     
  3. Suck in (air)

Derived forms: aspirates, aspirating, aspirated

See also: aspiration, aspirator

Type of: articulate, breathe in, consonant, enounce, enunciate, inhale, inspire, pronounce, remove, say, sound out, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Aspirate