aspirate

aspirate has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A mark of aspiration (/) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
• n.. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
• a.. Alt. of Aspirated
• n.. a consonant pronounced with aspiration
• v.. suck in (air)
• v.. pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
• v.. remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound"