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吸 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aspirate verb To accidentally draw food, liquid or another foreign substance into the airway or lungs instead of swallowing it into the stomach.
  • fellate verb To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.
  • hog noun A domestic pig, especially a full-grown one raised for meat.
  • lick verb To pass the tongue over something.
  • suck verb To draw liquid or air into the mouth using the lips and tongue.
  • suction noun A force that pulls or holds things together because the pressure in a space is lower than the pressure around it.

Senses

吸 is used for these senses in English:

  • aspirate (transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
  • fellate (transitive, intransitive) To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.
  • hog (transitive, informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
  • lick (transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.
  • suck (transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). [from 9th c.]
  • suck off (slang, vulgar, transitive) To perform oral sex (fellatio or cunnilingus) on.
  • suction To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.

aspirate — full definition

  1. verb To accidentally draw food, liquid or another foreign substance into the airway or lungs instead of swallowing it into the stomach.
  2. verb To draw fluid, tissue or air out of a body cavity using suction, usually with a needle or tube.
  3. verb To pronounce a sound with an audible puff of breath, as with the h in 'hat' or the p in 'pin'.
  4. noun A consonant sound made with a puff of breath, or the letter representing it.

fellate — full definition

  1. verb To stimulate the penis or scrotum using the mouth.
  2. verb To suck on something in a way that resembles oral sex.
  3. verb (informal) To flatter someone in an excessive, servile way.
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