<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a strong desire, longing, or aim</li><li>ambition</li><li>intellectual aspirations</li><li>a goal or objective that is strongly desired</li><li>the act of aspirating or breathing in</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>craving</li><li>yearning</li><li>aim</li><li>goal</li><li>force</li><li>drive</li></ul><p><strong>Phonetics</strong></p><ul><li>articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath</li><li>the use of such a speech sound in pronunciation</li></ul><p><strong>Medicine/Medical</strong></p><ul><li>the act of removing a fluid from a cavity of the body by a hollow needle or trocar</li><li>the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs</li></ul>