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as·pi·rate
 aspirate
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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
ae
sp
reIt
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| inflections: |
aspirates, aspirating, aspirated |
| definition 1: |
in phonetics, to pronounce (a speech sound) with an audible release or rush of air, as the "h" in "helium" or the "p" in "pickle".
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| definition 2: |
to remove or draw out by suction, as with an aspirator.
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| definition 3: |
to inhale (fluid) into the respiratory tract.
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| related words: |
tap |
adverb + (v.)aspirate
directly, maybe, naturally, normally, often
(v.)aspirate
+ noun
beating, blood, cyst, doctor, effusion, engine, fluid, food, liquid, lung, material, needle, nostril, sort, tone, vomit
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
aes
pr
t
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| definition: |
in phonetics, a speech sound pronounced with an audible release or rush of air, such as the initial "h," "t," "p," or "k" sounds in English.
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adjective + (n.)aspirate
abdominal, abundant, amyloid, benign, bodily, bone-marrow, chronic, cultured, dental, dried, fat, gastric, maxillary, thyroid, tracheal, unsatisfactory
verb + (n.)aspirate
analyse, categorize, contain, diagnose, obtain, perform, prove, smear
noun + (n.)aspirate
bacteriology,
bone,
cirrhosis,
culture,
gland,
gram,
growth,
immersion,
lesion,
lymph,
marrow,
node,
patient,
pus,
radiologist,
sinus,
sinusitis,
smear,
specimen,
sperm,
staining
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| pronunciation: |
aes
pr
t
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| definition: |
of a speech sound, pronounced with or followed by a puff of breath; aspirated.
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The word aspirate
contains the following parts:
a-3
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix a-3 occurs in Latin and Old French loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad-, which, in Latin loanwords, is used before roots beginning with "s" and another consonant, such as "spect" and "scrib." See ad-.
Example words:
spir, spiro
Latin
root
that means breathe
Example words:
aspirate, aspiration, aspire, conspiracy, conspirator, conspire, expire, inspiration, inspire, perspiration, perspire, respiration, respiratory, respire, spiracle, spirit, spiritual, transpire
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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