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Aerate

Aerate Meaning & Definition
Aerate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aerate?

[v] impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood"
[v] aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
[v] expose to fresh air, as of old clothing; "aerate your old sneakers"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aerate: activate | air | air out | oxygenate | oxygenise | oxygenize

Related Terms | Find terms related to Aerate: aerify | air | air out | air-condition | air-cool | airify | atomize | beat | carbonate | chlorinate | cream | cross-ventilate | distill | emit | etherify | etherize | evaporate | exhale | fan | fluidize | foam | fractionate | freshen | froth | fume | fumigate | gasify | give off | hydrogenate | lather | mantle | oxygenate | oxygenize | perfume | reek | refresh | scum | send out | smoke | spray | spume | steam | sublimate | sublime | sud | suds | vaporize | ventilate | volatilize | whip | whisk | wind | winnow

See Also | alter | change | expose | process | treat

Aerate In Webster's Dictionary

\A"["e]r*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {A["e]rated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {A["e]rating}.] [Cf. F. a['e]rer. See {Air}, v. t.] 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from a["e]rated natural fountains. --Carlyle. 2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to a["e]rate soil; to a["e]rate water. 3. (Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. {A["e]rated bread}, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.

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