 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aerate
verb
1: expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" [syn: {air
out}, {air}]
2: aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that
decompose organic matter [syn: {activate}]
3: impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate
blood" [syn: {oxygenate}, {oxygenize}, {oxygenise}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Aerate \A"["e]r*ate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {A["e]rated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {A["e]rating}.] [Cf. F. a['e]rer. See {Air}, verb (used with an object)]
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.
4. cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)
Syn: activate
[WordNet 1.5]
{A["e]rated bread}, bread raised by charging dough with
carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the
dough by fermentation.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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