Words Like ASPIRATE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to ASPIRATE.
10 Alternative Words Similar to aspirate
10 definitions of aspirate
1
To pronounce with a breathing or an audible emission of breath; pronounce with such a sound as that of the letter h: as, we aspirate the words horse and house, but not hour and honor; cockneys often aspirate words beginning with a vowel.
2
To remove by aspiration.
3
To be uttered with an aspirate or strong breathing.
4
Pronounced with the aspirate or rough breathing; pronounced with the h-sound, or with a strong emission of breath.
5
An aspirated sound, or a sound like our h; a sound with which the h-sound is combined, or which corresponds historically to a sound of this nature: thus, the Sanskrit kh, gh, bh, etc., and the Greek ch, th, ph (χ, θ, φ) are called aspirates, as are also the English f, th, which are more properly called breathings or spirants; also, a character or combination of characters representing a sound thus described, as the letter h, the Greek rough breathing, etc.
6
To impel by aspiration or suction: as, to aspirate a current of air through a tube.
7
The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive consonant.
8
A sound produced by such a puff of air.
9
To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
10
To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.