v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aërated p. pr. & vb. n. Aërating ] [ Cf. F. aérer. See Air, v. t. ] 1. To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. [ 1913 Webster ]

His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aërate soil; to aërate water. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physiol.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. cause a change by passing air through (of sewage)
Syn. -- activate [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Aërated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification; -- of a liquid [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Physiol.) supplied with oxygen by respiration; -- used of tissues or especially blood
Syn. -- oxygenated [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 supplied with carbon dioxide
Syn. -- charged [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. aération. ] 1. Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aëration of soil, of spawn, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act or preparation of charging a liquid with carbon dioxide gas to make it effervescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. the act of charging a liquid with air or oxygen for the purpose of purification. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. That which supplies with air or gas; specif.: (a) An apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water. (b) A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖, n. [ NL. aërenchyma. See Aëro-; Enchyma. ] (Bot.) A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. aërius. See Air. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aërial regions or currents; the aërial maneuvers of a fighter plane. “Aërial spirits.” Milton. “Aërial voyages.” Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aërial spires. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Growing, forming, living, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants; the aerial roots of a philodendron. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Light as air; ethereal. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. operating or operated overhead especially on elevated cables. aerial conveyers for transporting raw materials [ WordNet 1.5 ]

7. operating or moving in the air. an aerial cable car; aerial combat [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Aerial acid, carbonic acid. [ Obs. ] Ure. --
Aerial perspective. See Perspective. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Football) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.
Syn. -- forward pass [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a metallic wire, rod, or combination of rods connected to an electronic device, designed to send or receive radio or television signals.
Syn. -- antenna [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an athlete who performs acts high above the ground on a trapeze or high wire, requiring skill and agility and coordination.
Syn. -- trapeze artist [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a burglar who gains entrance to buildings from the rooftop, sometimes leaping from building to building in the process. A type of second-story man. [ Slang ] [ PJC ]

. (a) A stretched wire or rope elevated above the ground and forming a way along which a trolley may travel, for conveying a load suspended from the trolley. (b) An elevated cableway. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A sickness felt by aëronauts due to high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness. The nauseous symptoms similar to seasickness experienced by passengers in pressurized aircraft is called air sickness. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]