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AERATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

Example:

oxygenate blood

Synonyms:

aerate; oxygenate; oxygenise; oxygenize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "aerate" is one way to...):

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

aeration (the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

activate; aerate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "aerate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

aerator (an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage))

air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Expose to fresh air

Example:

aerate your old sneakers

Synonyms:

aerate; air; air out

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "aerate" is one way to...):

expose (expose or make accessible to some action or influence)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

aeration (the process of exposing to air (so as to purify))

air (a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of)

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