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aerate

/ˈɛːɹeɪt/UK/ɛːˈɹeɪt/

aerate verb: to supply with oxygen or air.

Verb

aerate (third-person singular simple present aerates, present participle aerating, simple past and past participle aerated)

  1. (transitive) To supply with oxygen or air.
    • Blood is aerated in the lungs.
  2. (ambitransitive) To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air.
    • Carbon dioxide aerated the drink and made it fizzy.
  3. (transitive) To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material.
    • The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.

aerate meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Arabic

aerate in Tamil

காற்றூட்டல்

aerate in Urdu

ہوا بھرنا

aerate in Arabic

to supply with oxygen or air
يُهَوِّي yuhawwī

Forms of aerate

third-person singular presentaerates
present participleaerating
past participleaerated
pastaerated

Origin of aerate

From Latin aer (“air”) + English -ate. Compare French aérer.

Words formed from aerate

Words that rhyme with aerate

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Questions about aerate

What does aerate mean?
Aerate means to supply with oxygen or air.
What is aerate in Tamil?
Aerate in Tamil is காற்றூட்டல். See Aerate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aerate?
Aerate is a verb.
How do you pronounce aerate?
Aerate is pronounced /ˈɛːɹeɪt/.
What is the past tense of aerate?
The past tense of aerate is aerated.

Words near aerate in the dictionary

  1. aerarian
  2. aerarians
  3. aerarium
  4. aeras
  5. aeratable
  6. aerate
  7. aerated
  8. aerated bread
  9. aerated breads
  10. aerates
  11. aerating

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aerate (page history and authors); aerate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aerate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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