Aspirate

What do we mean by aspirate?

To pronounce (a vowel or word) with the initial release of breath associated with English h, as in hurry. transitive verb

To follow (a consonant, especially a stop consonant) with a puff of breath that is clearly audible before the next sound begins, as in English pit or kit. transitive verb

To draw (something) into the lungs; inhale. transitive verb

To remove an abnormal accumulation of (a liquid or gas) from the body by aspiration. transitive verb

To suction (a body part or growth, for example) for the removal of a liquid or gas. transitive verb

The speech sound represented by English h. noun

The puff of air accompanying the release of a stop consonant. noun

A speech sound followed by a puff of breath. noun

Matter removed by aspiration. noun

Pronounced with the aspirate or rough breathing; pronounced with the h-sound, or with a strong emission of breath.

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. noun

To impel by aspiration or suction: as, to aspirate a current of air through a tube.

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.

To remove by aspiration.

To be uttered with an aspirate or strong breathing.

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. noun

A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. noun

The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive consonant.

A sound produced by such a puff of air.

A mark of aspiration (#) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.

Words that are spelled similarly to aspirate:
aspirate, asperate, aspidate, spirate, aspirata, aspirare, aspirante, aspire, pirate, aspirant, aspirated, auspicate, apparate, aspirator, aspartate, sperate, spicate, aspirants, aspirates, spinate, amirate, spirale, aspirine, respirate, asiate, aspira, aspirar, deaspirate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word aspirate:
breathy, biopsy, fricative, aspiration, mutation, consonants, voiceless, aspirated, marrow, colloquial, needle, consonant, voiced, fluid, bleeding, stops, vowel, sanskrit, bone, tissue, liquid, soft, plain, welsh, blood, cells, initial, cell, contrast, derived, languages, occurs, stop, except, presence, treatment, letter, word, greek, upper, sound, value, cause, theory, cases, problems, traditional, certain, represented.

Words that rhyme with aspirate:
state, rate, date, plate, advocate, appropriate, appreciate, mitigate, great, propagate, facilitate, accommodate, articulate, elaborate, vacillate, mandate, estate, conflate, weight, abrogate, anticipate, repudiate, emulate, intimate, ameliorate, separate, alleviate, predicate, innate, obviate, exacerbate, associate, deliberate, obfuscate, abate, mate, gate, disseminate, consummate, slate, indicate, emanate, create, elucidate, contemplate, adequate, trait, straight, resonate, delineate, initiate, incorporate, postulate, dedicate, estimate, integrate, assimilate, delegate, extrapolate, fate, reiterate, coordinate, precipitate, corroborate, collaborate, gait, manipulate, evaluate, desolate, late, designate, alternate, update, rait, collate, surrogate, abdicate, cultivate, procrastinate, freight, commiserate, consolidate, wait, moderate, arrogate, spate, relate, debate, demonstrate, deprecate, stipulate, inculcate, denigrate, celebrate, dissipate, graduate, exonerate, communicate, subordinate, negate.

Adjectives that are often used to describe aspirate:
gastric, duodenal, nasogastric, fine, tracheal, initial, joint, bloody, nasopharyngeal, transtracheal, cellular, bronchial, fat, negative, positive, guttural, strong, vitreous, splenic, synovial, clear, suprapubic, soft, voiceless, vaginal, final, stained, normal, hard, abdominal, jejunal, percutaneous, pleural, lymph, corresponding, dental, purulent, vigorous, diagnostic, stomach, harsh, peritoneal, greek, intestinal, sternal, labial, endometrial, pure, transthoracic, nasal, consonant, rough, adequate, cervical, satisfactory, sonant, renal, middle, subcutaneous, sterile, bilious, slight, vocal, guided, audible, bilateral, sharp, sinus, test, mute, pericardial, bronchoscopic, extra, spleen, poetic, transvaginal, tracheobronchial, benign, repellant, superfluous, smeared, acidic, liquid.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective aspirate:
preparation, supernatant, medium, contents, air, fluid, media, blood, secretions, pbs, preparations, solution, water, smears, mucus, urine, material, cells, buffer, stomach, liquid, samples, vomitus, food, sample, supernatants, quality, consonants, tube, medication, smear, marrow, cultures, ethanol, pus, supernate, bile, catheter, nodes, specimens, meis, needle, layer, syringe, joint, plasma, gelatin, sounds, trachea, this, nasopharynx, solutions, stain, pharynx, volume, antibody, juice, inoculum, fixative, standards, effusions, stops, stop, mouth, sound, clot, mixture, wells, tone, serum, mutation, standard, tract.

Words that sound like aspirate:
aspirate, asperate, aspirator, aspartate, aspirates, aspirant, apparate, aberrate, apparat, aspet, aspro, operate, acerate, ospray, aspersed, aspect, aspirin, appart, asprin, lacerate, asper, aspirated, apert, appert, aspirine, acerbate, aspirating, asperated, asperous, aspers, asperating, asprawl, aspt, aspekt, desperate, separate, seperate, upright, esprit, disparate, osprey, uproot, espirit, vaporate, eyespot, ospreys, esprits, osbert, ispra, sprout, sprite, asset, asteroid, sprayed, castrate, astrid, sprat, appro, aspartame, sprot, sperate, asperger, asshat, spright, spratt, apit, aspie, sproat, approche, aret, azurite, aspi, sprott, aspirants, assayed, ass hat, aspirins, arret, apero, abert, acit, aspe, aspa, jack sprat, bass pro, aperea, aggerate, spruit, aburst, as per, apparati, aspies, asteroide, asbest, asyut, asplode, ashpit, aspo, ambrite, appete.