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Meaning of
aspirate
in English
aspirate
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Plural
aspirates
Past Tense
aspirated
Participle Verb
aspirating
Third Person Singular
aspirates
Definitions
Verb
to
remove
liquid
or
gas
by
suction
The
doctor
will
aspirate
the
fluid
from
your
knee
.
to
produce
audible
breath
(
following
consonants
)
When
speaking
,
she
began
to
aspirate
the
consonant
sounds
.
Noun
a
sample
withdrawn
from
the
body
;
fluid
or
tissue
The
nurse
took
an
aspirate
from
the
patient's
lung
.
air
released
with
a
consonant
(
plosive
,
fricative
)
In
phonetics
,
an
aspirate
refers
to
a
burst
of
air
with
a
consonant
.
