1. Pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
   "She aspirated the 'p' in 'pin' to emphasize the difference from 'bin'"
    
2. Remove by suction
   "aspirate the wound";
   - draw out, suck out
    
3. Inhale (air, water, etc.)
   "The patient accidentally aspirated some water during the procedure"

1. A consonant pronounced with aspiration
   "In English, the 'h' sound in 'hat' is an aspirate"
    
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: aspirates, aspirating, aspirated

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

Encyclopedia: Aspirate