aspirer — 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.
• inhale verb To breathe air or another substance into the lungs.
• suck verb To draw liquid or air into the mouth using the lips and tongue.

Senses

aspirer is used for these senses in English:

• aspirate (transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
• inhale (transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form of aerosols/smoke -sometimes stemming from a medicament) into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
• suck (transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). [from 9th c.]
• suck (transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk. [from 11th c.]

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.

inhale — full definition

1. verb To breathe air or another substance into the lungs.
2. verb (informal) To eat something very quickly.

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