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Word: aspirate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • linguistics A sound produced by such a puff of air.
  • linguistics The puff of accompanying the release of a plosive consonant.

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Verb:

  • transitive|linguistics To follow a consonant with an audible puff of breath.
  • intransitive To inhale; to draw into one's lungs.
  • transitive To remove gas by means of suction.

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