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aspirate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aspirate has 1 sense
- aspirate(n = noun.communication) Array - a consonant pronounced with aspiration; Array is a kind of consonant
Derived form verb aspirate2
Verb aspirate has 3 senses
- aspirate(v = verb.contact) draw out, suck out - remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
- aspirate(v = verb.communication) Array - pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds; Array is one way to articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out
- aspirate(v = verb.body) Array - suck in (air); Array is one way to breathe in, inhale, inspire
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun aspirate1, noun aspiration3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun aspiration4, noun aspirator1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
aspirate, v. t. [L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h ; ad + spirare to breathe, blow. Cf. Aspire.].
To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house ; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant. [1913 Webster]
aspirate, n.
- A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of
h ; the breathingh or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound. [1913 Webster] - A mark of aspiration (
Bentley. [1913 Webster] - An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc. [1913 Webster]
aspirate, a. [L. aspiratus, p. p.].
Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath. [1913 Webster]
"But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h ."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
aspirate, adj., n., & v. Phonet.
--adj.
1 pronounced with an exhalation of breath.
2 blended with the sound of h.
--n.
1 a consonant pronounced in this way.
2 the sound of h.
--v.
1 a tr. pronounce with a breath. b intr. make the sound of h.
2 tr. draw (fluid) by suction from a vessel or cavity.
--adj.
1 pronounced with an exhalation of breath.
2 blended with the sound of h.
--n.
1 a consonant pronounced in this way.
2 the sound of h.
--v.
1 a tr. pronounce with a breath. b intr. make the sound of h.
2 tr. draw (fluid) by suction from a vessel or cavity.
Etymology
L aspiratus past part. of aspirare: see ASPIRE
THESAURUS
aspirate
breathe, breathe in, coo, draw in, inhale, inspire, maffle, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, sigh, slurp, sniff, sniffle, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, suck, suck in, suckle, susurrate, whisperROGET THESAURUS
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Voice
VB utter, breathe, give utterance, give tongue, cry, ejaculate, rap out, vocalize, prolate, articulate, enunciate, pronounce, accentuate, aspirate, deliver, mouth, whisper in the ear.Sound
N sound, noise, strain, accent, twang, intonation, tone, cadence, sonorousness, audibility, resonance, voice, aspirate, ideophone, rough breathing, acoustics, phonics, phonetics, phonology, phonography, diacoustics, diaphonics, phonetism, sounding, soniferous, sonorous, sonorific, resonant, audible, distinct, stertorous, phonetic, phonic, phonocamptic, a thousand trills and quivering sounds, forensis strepitus.
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