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1. Pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
    
2. Remove by suction
   "aspirate the wound";
   - draw out, suck out
    
3. Inhale (air, water, etc.)

1. A consonant pronounced with aspiration
    
2. 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."

Derived forms: aspirated, aspirates, aspirating

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

Encyclopedia: Aspirate