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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tractplay

    Synonyms:

    fricative; fricative consonant; spirant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("fricative" is a kind of...):

    continuant; continuant consonant (consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fricative"):

    sibilant; sibilant consonant (a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh))

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')play

    Synonyms:

    continuant; fricative; sibilant; spirant; strident

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    soft ((of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as 's' and 'sh'))

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