What does "aerate" mean?

Aerate: To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aërate soil; to aërate water.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. Aërated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.

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