aspirate
verb/ˈæspəreɪt/
/ˈæspəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they aspirate | /ˈæspəreɪt/ /ˈæspəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it aspirates | /ˈæspəreɪts/ /ˈæspəreɪts/ |
| past simple aspirated | /ˈæspəreɪtɪd/ /ˈæspəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle aspirated | /ˈæspəreɪtɪd/ /ˈæspəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form aspirating | /ˈæspəreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈæspəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- aspirate something (phonetics) to pronounce something with a breath that can be heardTopics Languagec2
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- aspirate something (medical) to breathe something in synonym inhale
- aspirate something (from something) (medical) to remove liquid from a person’s body with a machine
- Samples were aspirated from the stomach.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin aspiratus ‘breathed’, past participle of aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’.
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