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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a consonant pronounced with aspiration;


VERB (3)

1. remove as if by suction;
- Example: "aspirate the wound"
[syn: aspirate, draw out, suck out]

2. pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds;

3. suck in (air);


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aspirated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aspirating.] [L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare to breathe, blow. Cf. Aspire.] To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, n. 1. A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound. [1913 Webster] 2. A mark of aspiration ([asper]) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc. [1913 Webster] Aspirate
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aspirate \As"pi*rate\ ([a^]s"p[i^]*r[asl]t), Aspirated \As"pi*ra"ted\ (-r[=a]"t[e^]d), a. [L. aspiratus, p. p.] Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath. [1913 Webster] But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. --Holder. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

aspirate n 1: a consonant pronounced with aspiration v 1: remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn: aspirate, draw out, suck out] 2: pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds 3: suck in (air)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "aspirate": breathe, breathe in, coo, draw in, inhale, inspire, maffle, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, sigh, slurp, sniff, sniffle, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, suck, suck in, suckle, susurrate, whisper