- 1aspirate something (medical) to remove liquid from a person's body with a machine Samples were aspirated from the stomach.
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- 2aspirate something (phonetics) to pronounce something with an/h/ sound or with a breath
aspirate
verbNAmE//ˈæspəˌreɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they aspirate he / she / it aspirates
past simple aspirated
-ing form aspirating
Check pronunciation: aspirate