aerating
- present participle of aerate.
Example Sentences
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Grizzly bears also bring benefits, including dispersing seeds and aerating soil.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025
Their wide spreading roots help to loosen soil, aerating the earth and reducing erosion.
From National Geographic • Oct. 2, 2023
The opposite technique is employed if a drink does not call for those ingredients — you stir to avoid aerating.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2023
When studying frogs in Australia's Watagan Mountains, Gould was surprised to find evaporated puddles where eggs thrived for days, swaddled in nests their mothers whip up by aerating mucus secretions with their toes.
From Scientific American • Oct. 30, 2021
So the sheriff stopped and shot twice more, aerating the dump but not the bird.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
