aerate
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of aerate
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To supply with oxygen or air.
“Blood is aerated in the lungs.”
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verb
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(transitive)To supply with oxygen or air.
“Blood is aerated in the lungs.”
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(ambitransitive)To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air.
“Carbon dioxide aerated the drink and made it fizzy.”
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(transitive)To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material.
“The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- 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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