Associations to the word «Fricative»
Adverb
Wiktionary
FRICATIVE, noun. (phonetics) Any of several sounds produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality; a fricative consonant. English /f/ and /s/ are fricatives.
FRICATIVE, adjective. (phonetics) produced by air flowing through a restriction in the oral cavity.
Dictionary definition
FRICATIVE, noun. A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract.
FRICATIVE, adjective. Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then').
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.