aerates

• present tense form

  present tense

  Used to describe things happening now or regularly.

  of aerate (3rd person singular).
  aerate

  verb (used with object)

  to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through.

Example Sentences

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aerates

Back in Chicago, Miko's Italian ices are churned in an ice cream maker, which aerates mixtures like horchata, guava and the beloved mango, giving them a fluffier texture similar to DiCosmo's.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2023

Before it sends the sewage back into the closest river, the plant aerates the wastewater.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

But it aerates what’s already been well-trod, offering an alternately pitiless and tenderhearted lens on such hardy themes as character, filial loyalty and American progress at its most naive and voraciously destructive.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2018

The nibs are then ground between stone wheels along with cane sugar for three or sometimes more days in a machine called a melangeur, which also aerates the mixture as it grinds.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2017

But it is good for me to go to such affairs—it is like a waterbreak in a stream—it aerates and agitates the mind.

From Father Payne by Arthur Christopher Benson

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