aerate

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: aer=ate

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aerate, v.tr.
1 charge (a liquid) with a gas, esp. carbon dioxide, e.g. to produce effervescence.
2 expose to the mechanical or chemical action of the air.

Derivative

aeration n. aerator n.

Etymology

L aer AIR + -ATE(3), after F a{eacute}rer

THESAURUS

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