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Definition of Aerate

1. Verb. Expose to fresh air. "Aerate your old sneakers"

2. Verb. Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter.

3. Verb. Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen. "Oxygenate blood"

Definition of Aerate

1. to supply with air [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Medical Definition of Aerate

1. 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. "His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aerated natural fountains." (Carlyle) 2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water. 3. To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. Aerated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation. Origin: Cf. F. Aerer. See Air. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerate

aeonic Aeonium Aeonium haworthii aeons Aepyceros Aepyceros melampus Aepyornidae Aepyorniformes aepyornis aepyornis

aepyornises aequorin aequorin aequorins aerate (current term) aerate (current term) aerated aerates aerating aeration

aeration aerations aeration basin aerator aerators aercyst aerenchyma aerenchyma aerenchymas aerenchymous tissue

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