Definition of "aerate" []

• To supply with air or expose to the circulation of air: aerate soil. (verb-transitive)
• To expose to oxygen, as in the oxygenation of the blood by respiration. (verb-transitive)
• To supply or charge (liquid) with a gas, especially to charge with carbon dioxide. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "• Mr. Stupak will take a liquid base, divide it into parts and freeze some, dehydrate some and " aerate " some by pumping air into it, looking for the most interesting texture."
• "If there were, the batter would rise up and aerate more, leaving a fluffier finished product."
• "I have a few bottles of 2005 Clos Triguedina, and suspected I should either wait several more years or aerate for an extended time."