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aerate

DEFINITIONS OF: aerate

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v expose to fresh air

aerate your old sneakers”
Synonyms:
air, air out
Type of:
expose
expose or make accessible to some action or influence

v impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen

Synonyms:
oxygenate, oxygenise, oxygenize
Type of:
process, treat
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

v aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

Synonyms:
activate
Type of:
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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