Found 3 items, similar to Aerate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: aerate
memperanginkan, mengangin-anginkan, menganginkan, mengisi angin
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: aerate
aerate
v 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: 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.
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His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from a["e]rated
natural fountains. --Carlyle.
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2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to a["e]rate
soil; to a["e]rate water.
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3. (Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to
oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
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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.
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