aspirate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: aspirate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for aspirate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aspirate n a consonant pronounced with aspiration v remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn: aspirate, draw out, suck out] pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds suck in (air)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, n. 1. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aspirate \As"pirate\ ([acr]s"p[icr]r[asl]t), Aspirated \As"pi*ra"ted\ (-r[amac]"t[ecr]d), a. [L. aspiratus, p. p.] Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath. But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. --Holder.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aspirate \As"pirate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aspirated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Aspirating}.] [L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare to breathe, blow. Cf. {Aspire}.] 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.