aerate

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1. To supply with oxygen or air.

   Blood is aerated in the lungs.

2. To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air.

   Carbon dioxide aerated the drink and made it fizzy.

3. To incorporate a gas, especially oxygen or air, into a solid or semisolid material.

   The mousse was aerated by beating rapidly.