Sekirov Dictionary

aspirate

/ˈæs.pəɹ.ət/

noun 4
adjective 1
/ˈæs.pəɹ.eɪt/ verb 4
forms 3

noun4

A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn via aspiration (usually through a hollow needle) from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
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A sound produced by such a puff of air.
- We now come to the so-called aspirate [h], which must be also classified as a fricative consonant. — 1972
The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
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A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
- But we must correct then twenty authors who have it in the compound ἀπηθεῖν and ἀπήθημα ; and not (as the aspirate would require it) ἀφηθεῖν and αφήθημα — 1742

adjective1

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Synonym of aspirated.
- […]and there was in Late Middle Bengali a tendency to drop aspiration of non-initial aspirate stops. — 1926

aspirate

/ˈæs.pəɹ.eɪt/

verb4

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To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
- Scrape cells using a cell scraper and aspirate the resulting slurry into a 2.0-mL Eppendorf tube. — 2003
To inhale something other than air into one's lungs.
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To suffocate, having inhaled something other than air.
- The autopsy found that the casualty had aspirated in her sleep.
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.

forms

aspirated · aspirating · aspirates

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