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- pronunciation:
- eI
reIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
aerates, aerating, aerated |
| definition 1: |
to expose to the circulation or chemical action of air in order to ventilate or cleanse.
The lungs aerate the blood.- similar words:
- activate, air
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| definition 2: |
to supply (the blood) with oxygen by respiration.
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| definition 3: |
to fill or charge (a liquid) with a gas, esp. carbon dioxide.
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| related words: |
fan |
adverb + (v.)aerate
actually, also, best, even, more, once, passively, properly, well, when
(v.)aerate
+ noun
aeration,
air,
bag,
bin,
blood,
cake,
carbon,
composting,
day,
ditch,
earthworm,
effluent,
facility,
fall,
food,
grass,
ground,
hand,
height,
inch,
initial,
lawn,
material,
mixture,
nitrogen,
oxygen,
phase,
pile,
plant,
process,
root,
screw,
site,
soil,
source,
stabilization,
turf,
turner,
type,
use,
water,
well,
windrow
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| derivation: |
aeration (n.) |
The word aerate
contains the following parts:
aer, aero
Greek
root
that means air, gas
  Example words:
aerate, aerial, aerobatics, aerobe, aerobic, aerobics, aerobiology, aerodynamics, aeroembolism, aerolite, aerology, aeromechanics, aeronautics, aeropause, aerosol, aerospace, aerostat, aerostatics, anaerobe, anaerobic
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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