transitive verb. To supply with air or expose to the circulation of air.

transitive verb. To expose to oxygen, as in the oxygenation of the blood by respiration.

transitive verb. To supply or charge (liquid) with a gas, especially to charge with carbon dioxide.

To expose to the free action of the air.

To cause to mix with carbonic-acid or other gas.

In physiology, to change the circulating fluids of, as animals, by the agency of the air; arterialize.

transitive verb. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.

transitive verb. To supply or impregnate with common air

transitive verb. To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.

transitive verb. cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)

transitive verb. bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.

verb. To supply oxygen or air.

verb. impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

verb. expose to fresh air

verb. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

"• Mr. Stupak will take a liquid base, divide it into parts and freeze some, dehydrate some and " aerate " some by pumping air into it, looking for the most interesting texture."

aërated bread  aërated waters  aërating filter  aërating plants  aërating roots  

aeration  aerator  

alter  change  expose  modify  process  

aerif  aerify  air  air out  air-condition  

aerated  aerates  aerating