aspirate

1. (transitive)To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.

   аспири́роватьaspirírovatʹ, отса́сыватьotsásyvatʹ

   remove by suction

2. (transitive)To inhale something other than air into one's lungs.

   inhale (air, water, etc.)

3. (intransitive)To suffocate, having inhaled something other than air.

   The autopsy found that the casualty had aspirated in her sleep.

4. (ambitransitive)To produce an audible puff of breath, especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English.

   произноси́ть с придыханиемproiznosítʹ s pridyxanijem

1. In Finnish, you don't aspirate the consonants k, p, and t.

   ruВ финском согласные k, p, t произносятся без придыхания.

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2. In my idiolect of English, I do not aspirate plosives, and the first part of the word "Australia" rhymes with "cow."

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