aeration

aer·ate  (ârt)

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.

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aer·ation n.

Thesaurus

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 effervescent change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics