aerate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
expose to fresh air
aerate your old sneakers
Types & categories
- expose hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- aerator derivation
- activation derivation
- air derivation
Sense 3 verb
impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen
oxygenate blood
Types & categories
- process hypernym
Related & opposite
- aeration derivation
- oxygenation derivation
- O derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aeration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | air |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expose |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aerator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | activation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | air |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | aeration |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | oxygenation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | O |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | process |