aspirate: Meaning and Definition of

as•pi•rate

1. to articulate (a speech sound, esp. a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated.
2. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h-sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
1. to remove (a fluid) from a body cavity by use of an aspirator or suction syringe.
2. to inhale (fluid or a foreign body) into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.
3. to draw or remove by suction.

1. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h-sounds.
2. the substance or contents that have been aspirated.

1. (of a speech sound) pronounced with or accompanied by aspiration; aspirated.