Aerate
Aerate ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Compare French aérer. See Air, transitive verb]
1.
To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aerated natural fountains.
2.
To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.
3.
(Physiology) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
4.
cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)
Collocations (1)
Aerated bread , bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.