Meaning of AERATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ehreyt
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | activate, air, air out, oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize |
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| | See Also: | | alter, change, expose, process, treat | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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