How to pronounce “aspirate”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
• (linguistics) A sound produced by such a puff of air.
• A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
• A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn via aspiration (usually through a hollow needle) from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
• (transitive) To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
• (ambitransitive, linguistics) To produce an audible puff of breath, especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English.
• [Adjective]
• Synonym of aspirated.

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