aerate

Verb

Verb Forms: aerated, aerating, aerates

• To introduce air into a material or substance.
• expose to fresh air
  • "aerate your old sneakers"
• aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
• impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
• To supply with oxygen or air.
• To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air.
• To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material.

Examples

• Blood is aerated in the lungs.
• Carbon dioxide aerated the drink and made it fizzy.
• The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.
• You need to aerate your strategy if you hope to beat me.

Synonyms

activate, air, air out, oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize