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The sound of the letter 'H', or the letter itself.

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: The sound of the letter 'H', or the letter itself. Used as a verb, listen here, it means: To draw by suction.

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Usage examples (32)
  • A last change is the loss of aspirate, which may have begun as soon as the late 1st century BC in Egyptian Greek.
  • aspirate the wound
  • This effect is produced by the frequent repetition of a guttural aspirate which is like the sound of the
  • I was hoping to see him aspirate on his own spittle.
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  • ''Aspirate" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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