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aerate.

To supply with oxygen or air.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɛːɹeɪt//ɛːˈɹeɪt/Received-Pronunciation
  1. To supply with oxygen or air.

    transitive
    Blood is aerated in the lungs.
  2. To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air.

    ambitransitive
    Carbon dioxide aerated the drink and made it fizzy.
  3. To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material.

    transitive
    The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin aer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English aerate From Latin aer (“air”) + English -ate. Compare French aérer.

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