aspiration — meaning in English

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.
• aspiration noun A strong hope or ambition to achieve something, especially something admirable.
• vision noun The ability to see; eyesight.
• yearning noun A deep, wistful longing for something.

Senses

aspiration is used for these senses in English:

• aspirate (linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
• vision (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
• yearning A wistful or melancholy longing.

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.

aspiration — full definition

1. noun A strong hope or ambition to achieve something, especially something admirable.
2. noun (medicine) The act of drawing out fluid or tissue from the body using suction, usually through a needle.
3. noun (phonetics) A puff of breath released after certain consonant sounds.

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