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Definitions: Aerate |
AerateVerb1. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing; "aerate your old sneakers". 2. Aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter. 3. Impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen; "oxygenate blood". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aerate" was first used: 1794. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | A. To expose to the action of the air; to supply or to charge with air b. To charge with carbon dioxide or other gas, as soda wate. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: AerateSynonyms: activate (v), air (v), air out (v), oxygenate (v), oxygenise (v), oxygenize (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Aerate |
| English words defined with "aerate": activate, Aerating, angleworm ♦ crawler ♦ dew worm ♦ earthworm ♦ fishing worm, fishworm ♦ nightcrawler, nightwalker ♦ red worm ♦ wiggler. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aerate": aerate the sand ♦ BARLEY STEEPER ♦ pure-culture operator ♦ sand cutter, SAND-CUTTER OPERATOR, sand-cutting-machine operator, sand-mixer operator, SEED-YEAST OPERATOR, SOFT CRAB SHEDDER ♦ yeast-culture operator, YEAST-FERMENTATION ATTENDANT. (references) |
| "Aerate" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 64.71% of the time. "Aerate" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 64.71% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 29.41% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "aerate": aerate the sand. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "aerate": de-aerate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aerate | 24 |
aerate lawn | 19 |
aerate nate | 4 |
aerate soil tractor | 4 |
aerate lawn when | 2 |
aerate shoes | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aerate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ajroj (aerify, ventilate), gazoj (carbonate, gas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هوى (air, fan, fantasy, freak, inclination, love, passion, phantasy, sentiment, vagary, whim), غوز, عبأ الغاز, جعله فوارا, أشبع الدم بالأكسجين. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | газирам (aerify, carbonate), вентилирам (air), аерирам (activate, aerify), проветрявам (air, sweeten, ventilate, weather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 供" (Aerated, Aerating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | provzdušit, provìtrat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ventilere hoe (to aerate hay), tilsaette kulsyre til drikkevarer (to aerate beverages), luftning af sand (aerate the sand, break up the sand, cut sand), lufte hoe (to aerate hay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wannen (fan, ventilate, winnowing), waaien (blow, fan), frisse lucht toewaaien (fan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ventumi (fan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | lufta (air out, give an airing, ventilate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هوادادن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tuulettaa heinää (to aerate hay), kuohkeuttaa hiekkaa (aerate the sand, break up the sand, cut sand). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aérer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wedeln (fan, fawn, waft, wag, waggle, waggly, wave, Wedel), mit kohlensäure anreichern, lüften (aeration, air, air out, breath of wind, cranking, give an airing, lift, lift up, motoring, raise, to air, to ventilate, ventilate, ventilation), fächeln (fan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αερίζω (air, to ventilate, ventilate, weather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לאורר (air, fan, ventilate), לטעון 'אז, לרומם (exalt, glorify, lift), לרוח (make space, space out, ventilate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szellõztet (air, vent, ventilate, wind), szénsavval tölt, gázosít. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mengisi angin, mengangin-anginkan (air, expose to the air, hint), memperanginkan (air). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ventilare (air, air out, fan, give, give an airing, to ventilate, ventilate), arieggiare (air, air out, give, give an airing, ventilate, wind), aerare (air, air out, give, give an airing, to ventilate, ventilate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gassaghey (aeration, gas), aeraghey (aeration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aerateay arejar (air out, fan, give an airing, ventilate, wind). (various references) aerisi (air, ventilate, weather), ventila (air, fan, float, spread, ventilate), gaza (gas), şampaniza. (various references) проветривать (air, ventilate). (various references) snabdeti vazduhom, provetriti (air, ventilate). (various references) ventilar (air, air out, fan, give an airing, to ventilate, ventilate). (various references) tillsätta kolsyra till, lufta (air, bleed, vent, ventilate, wind). (various references) havalandırmak (air, air-condition, chip, de-aerate, fan, give smth. an airing, let some fresh air into, vent, ventilate, weather), hava vermek (fan, give tone to, tone), gaz doldurmak. (various references) газувати (aerify), вентилювати (air, ventilate), провітрювати (air, ventilate, wind). (various references) awyro (air, ventilate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fermentabitur, fermentaretur, fermentari, fermentatae, fermentato, fermentatos, fermentatum, fermento. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aerate": aerated, aerates. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "aerate": deaerate. (additional references) | |
Words containing "aerate": deaerated, deaerates. (additional references) | |
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"Aerate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aberarth, aberate, Aerad, aerage, aerat, aereate, aerete, aerhart, aeriate, aerotech, Agrate, Aherdane, airate, Akerele, aortae, apertate, Aperte, araeta, arat, Arata, arate, Arati, Arato, areae, areata, areate, Areety, arote, Arrata, arute, aurait, aurita, averate, Azerado, eerate, eerite, Eerste, erate, Eratex, gabexate, merpati, Rauraje, verate, Zarate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "aerate" (pronounced 'A"["e]r*ate'): Abacinate, Abalienate, Aberrate, Aberuncate, Abirritate, Abjudicate, Abjugate, Ablactate, Ablaqueate, Abligate, Abnegate, Abnodate, Abominate, Abranchiate, Absinthate, Absinthiate, Absquatulate, Acaudate, Accelerate, Accentuate, Acclimate, Accorporate, Accriminate, Accurate, Acerbate, Acetate, Achlamydate, Acidulate, Activate, Aculeate, Aculeolate, Acutifoliate, Acutilobate, Adipocerate, Adjugate, Admarginate, Administrate, Adnate, Adrogate, Adulate, Adumbrate, AEstivate, Affatuate, Affectionate, Affricate, Aggerate, Aggrate, Aggravate, Agitate, Agnominate, Alcoholate, Allatrate, Alleviate, Alligate, Allineate, Allocate, Alloxanate, Altercate, Aluminate, Alveolate, Ambreate, Ambulate, Amplificate, Amputate, Amylate, Anastate, Anchorate, Angulo-dentate, Angustate, Annominate, Annumerate, Antepenultimate, Anticipate, Antimonate, Antiquate, Apostemate, Apostolate, Appendicate, Appendiculate, Appropinquate, Apricate, Aptate, Archiepiscopate, Archontate, Archprelate, Archprimate, Argentate, Arietate, Ariled, Arillate, Aristate, Aristulate, Arllated, Arrogate, Arsenate, Arseniate, Arsenicate, Asiphonate, Asperate, Asphyxiate, Asseverate, Assibilate, Assiduate, Assimulate, Assonate, Assubjugate, Astate, Astipulate, Attaminate, Atterrate, Aurate, Aureate, Auriphrygiate, Auscultate, Authenticate, Averruncate, Aviate, Avocate, Avolate, Baccate, Barbate, Barbellate, Barbellulate, Beatificate, Belate, Beneficiate, Benzoate, Berate, Biacuminate, Biarticulate, Biauriculate, Bibracteate, Bicalcarate, Bicarbonate, Bicarinate, Bicaudate, Bicolligate, Biconjugate, Bicorporate, Bicostate, Bicrenate, Bidentate, Bidigitate, Bifidate, Biflabellate, Biflagellate, Bifoliate, Bifoliolate, Biforate, bigeminate, Bijugate, Bilabiate, Bilaciniate, BILLINGSGATE, Bilobate, Bimaculate, Bimarginate, Binarseniate, Binate, Binervate, Binoculate, Binoxalate, Binucleolate, Biocellate, Bipalmate, Bipeltate, Biplicate, Bipunctate, Bipupillate, Biquadrate, Bisaccate, Biscutate, Biseptate, Biserrate, Bisilicate, Bisulcate, Bisulphate, Bitartrate, Biternate, Bituminate, Bombilate, Bombinate, Boncilate, Bookmate, Bookplate, Borate, Borosilicate, Bovate, Braccate, Brachiate, Bracteate, Bracteolate, Branchiate, Breastplate, Breedbate, Brevipennate, Brominate, Bullate, Bursiculate, Butyrate, Cacuminate, Caducibranchiate, Calamistrate, Calceolate, Calcinate, Calcitrate, Calibrate, Caliphate, Camerate, Campanulate, Cancellate, Cancerate, Candidate, Canonicate, Cantillate, Capacitate, Capistrate, Capitate, Capitellate, Caprate, Capreolate, Caproate, Caprylate, Carbazotate, Carbohydrate, Carbonate, Cardinalate, Carnate, Carucate, Casemate, Cassate, Castigate, Castrate, Cate, Catechumenate, Catenate, Catenulate, Celebrate, Centumvirate, Centuplicate, Cephalate, Cerate, Cerebrate, Chelate, Chlamydate, Chlorate, Chloridate, Chlorinate, Chocolate, Cholate, Chromate, Cicurate, Circumagitate, Circumambulate, Circumgyrate, Circumnavigate, Circumnutate, Circumrotate, Circumstantiate, Circumundulate, Cirrate, Citrate, Clarigate, Classmate, Clathrate, Clavellate, Clodpate, Clypeate, Coadunate, Coelenterate, Coestate, Cohobate, Coinquinate, Collectorate, Collimate, Colliquate, Colorate, Columbate, Combinate, Commemorate, Commentate, Commigrate, Commiserate, Commissionate, Commodate, Compaginate, Comparate, Compendiate, Comperendinate, Comprobate, Concamerate, Concatenate, Concelebrate, Conciliate, Concinnate, Concionate, Concreate, Concubinate, Conculcate, Conduplicate, Confabulate, Configurate, Conflate, Conformate, Conglaciate, Conglobulate, Connate, Connate-perfoliate, Connotate, Conquadrate, Conquassate, Considerate, Consolate, Conspurcate, Constate, Constipate, Constuprate, Consulate, Contemperate, Conterminate, Contiguate, Continuate, Contortuplicate, Contraindicate, Contrate, Contristate, Contriturate, Conviciate, Convocate, Cooperate, Cooptate, Copesmate, Copperplate, Cordate, Corniculate, Corradiate, Corrivate, Corrodiate, Coruscate, Costellate, Counterirritate, Counterponderate, Crebricostate, Crebrisulcate, Cremate, Crenelate, Crepitate, Cribrate, Criminate, Cristate, Croconate, Cruentate, Cryohydrate, Cryptobranchiate, Cultivate, Cumulate, Cupulate, Curate, Curtate, Curvicaudate, Curvicostate, Curvidentate, Cyanate, Cyanurate, Cyclobranchiate, Dealbate, Deambulate, Dearticulate, Debacchate, Debellate, Debilitate, Debulliate, Decantate, Decapitate, Decarbonate, Decemdentate, Decemvirate, Deciduate, Decimate, Declinate, Decollate, Deconcentrate, Deconsecrate, Decorate, Decorticate, Decurionate, Dedecorate, Defatigate, Defibrinate, deflate, Deflorate, Deglutinate, Dehonestate, Dehydrate, Dehydrogenate, Deintegrate, Deitate, Dejerate, Delectate, Delibate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-r-t" | |
-1 letter: areae, arete, eater, reata. | |
-2 letters: area, rate, rete, tare, tear, tree. | |
-3 letters: are, art, ate, ear, eat, era, ere, eta, rat, ree, ret, tae, tar, tea, tee. | |
-4 letters: aa, ae, ar, at, er, et, re, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-r-t" | |
+1 letter: acerate, aerated, aerates, amreeta, aureate, hetaera, ratafee, teaware. | |
+2 letters: acerated, acerbate, acervate, acierate, ameerate, amreetas, anteater, areolate, arsenate, asperate, aweather, caretake, deaerate, earthpea, eradiate, hetaerae, hetaeras, lacerate, laureate, macerate, parakeet, racemate, ratafees, rateable, seawater, separate, serenata, stearate, teamaker, tearable, teawares, trabeate, tracheae, valerate, waterage, wheatear. | |
+3 letters: aberrated, abreacted, acerbated, acerbates, acierated, acierates, aftercare, aggregate, aliterate, alterable, altercate, alternate, ameerates, anteaters, arsenates, asperated, asperates, bracteate, cafeteria, caretaken, caretaker, caretakes, cathedrae, centaurea, deaerated, deaerates, deaerator, demarcate, earthpeas, elaborate, eradiated, eradiates, eradicate, evaporate, exarchate, guarantee, headwater, heartache, heartbeat, lacerated, lacerates, lateraled, laureated, laureates, lazarette, macerated, macerates, metalware, palestrae, parakeets, parameter, parapeted, parentage, parrakeet, racemates, ratepayer, reactance, readapted, reanimate, relatable, reradiate, retaliate, retardate, revaluate, seawaters, separated, separates, serenatas, stearates, tableware, teamakers, teargases, toadeater, trabeated, traceable, tracheate, tradeable, treatable, valerates, variegate, warrantee, waterages, waterleaf, wheatears. | |
+4 letters: abbreviate, accelerant, accelerate, adulterate, aftercares, afterimage, aftershave, aftertaste, aggregated, aggregates, aliterates, alliterate, altarpiece, altercated, altercates, alternated, alternates, ameliorate, anthracene, aphaeretic, appreciate, archentera, arpeggiate, asseverate, asteriated, bacteremia, baronetage, breakwater, breathable, cafeterias, caretakers, carpellate, catenaries, centaureas, coacervate, deaerating, deaeration, deaerators, deflagrate, demarcated, demarcates, deracinate, desiderata, dextranase, earthquake, elaborated, elaborates, emarginate, eradicated, eradicates, eupatridae, evaporated, evaporates, exacerbate, exaggerate, exarchates, exasperate, exhilarate, expatriate, extralegal, fatshedera, guaranteed, guarantees, headmaster, headstream, headwaiter, headwaters, heartaches, heartbeats, heartbreak, heartsease, lacerative, lateralize, lateralled, lazarettes, maltreated, maltreater, marketable, metalwares, metaphrase, palaestrae, parameters, parentages, parenteral, parrakeets, penetralia, pentahedra, platemaker, pleasanter, preadapted, quarterage, ratepayers, ravagement, reactances, reactivate, reallocate, reanimated, reanimates, rearmament, reattached, reattaches, reattacked, reattained, reescalate, reevaluate, reparative, repatriate, repeatable, reradiated, reradiates, retaliated, retaliates, retardates, retreatant, revalidate, revaluated, revaluates, separately, separative, shearwater, stavesacre, tabernacle, tablewares, talebearer, targetable, tastemaker, teargassed, teargasses, tetracaine, tetrahedra, threadbare, toadeaters, trabeculae, tracheated, triacetate, variegated, variegates, vegetarian, warrantees, washeteria, wastepaper, wastewater, waterleafs, waterscape, weatherman. | |
+5 letters: abbreviated, abbreviates, accelerants, accelerated, accelerates, accelerator, adulterated, adulterates, adversative, aeroelastic, afterimages, aftermarket, aftershaves, aftertastes, agglomerate, aggregately, aggregative, alexandrite, aliteracies, alkalimeter, alliterated, alliterates, altarpieces, alternately, alternative, ameliorated, ameliorates, antechamber, anthracenes, antiwelfare, apartnesses, appertained, appreciated, appreciates, arpeggiated, arpeggiates, arrangement, ascertained, asseverated, asseverates, bacteremias, baronetages, brainteaser, breadbasket, breakfasted, breakfaster, breakwaters, breastplate, catachreses, caterwauled, centenarian, charactered, coacervates, deaerations, decarbonate, declarative, deflagrated, deflagrates, degradative, depauperate, deracinated, deracinates, dextranases, earthenware, earthquakes, earthshaker, elaborately, elaborative, entablature, entranceway, equilateral, evaporative, exacerbated, exacerbates, exaggerated, exaggerates, exaggerator, exasperated, exasperates, exhilarated, exhilarates, expatriated, expatriates, extractable, extrapolate, extravagate, extravasate, fatshederas, featherhead, fragmentate, graniteware, greasepaint, halfhearted, halterbreak, hardhearted, harvestable, headmasters, headquarter, headstreams, headwaiters, heartbreaks, heartseases, heterokarya, hexahydrate, inalterable, incarcerate, intercalate, lateralized, lateralizes, leatherback, leatherleaf, macrogamete, maltreaters, marketplace, marquessate, materialise, materialize, meprobamate, metaphrases, neanderthal, pageantries, paragenetic, parametrize, paresthesia, peasantries, pentahedral, perambulate, platemakers, pomegranate, preadaptive, preparative, prevaricate, quarterages, racetracker, rattlesnake, ravagements, reactivated, reactivates, reaggregate, reallocated, reallocates, rearmaments, rebarbative, recalculate, recalibrate, reescalated, reescalates, reevaluated, reevaluates, reincarnate, relocatable, repatriated, repatriates, restartable, retaliative, retractable, retrainable, retranslate, retreatants, revaccinate, revalidated, revalidates, saleratuses, sauerbraten, secretarial, secretariat, shearwaters, spermatheca, stavesacres, steatorrhea, steerageway, tabernacled, tabernacles, talebearers, talebearing, tastemakers, tearstained, tetracaines, tetrahedral, tetrahymena, tetravalent, trabeculate, trademarked, trailerable, trainbearer, transferase, traversable, treasonable, treasurable, treponemata, triacetates, ultraheated, unalterable, unelaborate, unseparated, untraceable, vegetarians, warmhearted, washeterias, wastepapers, wastewaters, watermarked, waterscapes, weakhearted, weathercast. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 65 72 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- . .-. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A e r a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0065 0072 0061 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357184678671 |
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