Thesaurus: aerate

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1. v. t. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
2. v. t. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.
3. v. t. To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
4. v. expose to fresh air
5. v. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
6. v. impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
7. 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle. 2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aërate soil; to aërate water. 3. (Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. Aërated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.
8. To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (theblood) by respiration; to arterialize. Aërated bread, bread raised bycharging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gasin the dough by fermentation.
9. v:100 v expose to fresh air v aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter v impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen