ASPIRATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does aspirate mean?
• ASPIRATE (noun)
The noun ASPIRATE has 1 sense:
1. a consonant pronounced with aspiration
Familiarity information: ASPIRATE used as a noun is very rare.
• ASPIRATE (verb)
The verb ASPIRATE has 3 senses:
1. remove as if by suction
2. pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
3. suck in (air)
Familiarity information: ASPIRATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ASPIRATE (noun)
Meaning:
A consonant pronounced with aspiration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("aspirate" is a kind of...):
consonant (a speech sound that is not a vowel)
• ASPIRATE (verb)
Meaning:
Remove as if by suction
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
aspirate; suck out; draw out
Context example:
aspirate the wound
Hypernyms (to "aspirate" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "aspirate" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Suck in (air)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "aspirate" is one way to...):
breathe in; inhale; inspire (draw in (air))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
