Aërate

A·ër·ate

Aërate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Aërated; p. pr. & vb. n. Aërating

  1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air.
    His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains.
  2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aërate soil; to aërate water.
  3. To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. (Physiol.)
  4. cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)

Phrases & Compounds
Aërated bread
bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.