v.
  
/
ˈaspəreɪt/
   
- Phonetics  pronounce (a sound) with an exhalation of breath. 
▸pronounce the sound of h at the beginning of a word.
 - Medicine  breathe (something) in. 
▸Medicine  draw (fluid) by suction from a bodily vessel or cavity.
 - 
[as adj. aspirated]
 (of an internal-combustion engine) provided with air.
 
n.
  
/
ˈasp(ə)rət/
  
- Phonetics  an aspirated consonant. 
▸a sound of h.
 - Medicine  matter that has been drawn from the body by aspiration.
 
adj.
  
/
ˈasp(ə)rət/
 
Phonetics  (of a sound) aspirated.
 
  Etymology
  C16: from L. aspiratus ‘breathed’, from aspirare (see aspire).