inspirer — 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.
- breathe verb To draw air into the lungs and expel it.
- inhale verb To breathe air or another substance into the lungs.
- inspire verb To fill someone with the motivation or creative energy to do something.
- kindle verb To light or start a fire.
Senses
inspirer is used for these senses in English:
- aspirate (transitive) To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
- breathe (intransitive) To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
- breathe in (ambitransitive) To inhale.
- inhale (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
aspirate — full definition
- verb To accidentally draw food, liquid or another foreign substance into the airway or lungs instead of swallowing it into the stomach.
- verb To draw fluid, tissue or air out of a body cavity using suction, usually with a needle or tube.
- verb To pronounce a sound with an audible puff of breath, as with the h in 'hat' or the p in 'pin'.
- noun A consonant sound made with a puff of breath, or the letter representing it.
breathe — full definition
- verb To draw air into the lungs and expel it.
- verb To pause briefly to rest or recover.
- verb To say something very quietly, almost as a whisper.