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aerate
vt. 使暴露于空气中,使充满气体 使暴露於空气中,使充满气体 aerate v 1: expose to fresh air; "aerate your old sneakers" [synonym: {air out}, {air}, {aerate}] 2: aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter [synonym: {activate}, {aerate}] 3: impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood" [synonym: {oxygenate}, {oxygenize}, {oxygenise}, {aerate}] Aerate \A"["e]r*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {A["e]rated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {A["e]rating}.] [Cf. F. a['e]rer. See {Air}, v. t.] 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. [1913 Webster] His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from a["e]rated natural fountains. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to a["e]rate soil; to a["e]rate water. [1913 Webster] 3. (Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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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