aer·ate (âr  t)tr.v. aer·at·ed, aer·at·ing, aer·ates 1. To supply with air or expose to the circulation of air: aerate soil. 2. To expose to oxygen, as in the oxygenation of the blood by respiration. 3. To supply or charge (liquid) with a gas, especially to charge with carbon dioxide. aer·a tion n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  aeration - the process of exposing to air (so as to purify); "the aeration of the soil"natural action, natural process, action, activity - a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings); "the action of natural forces"; "volcanic activity" |
| 2. |  aeration - the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescentchange of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
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