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AERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("aeration" is a kind of...):
change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
Derivation:
aerate (impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The process of exposing to air (so as to purify)
Example:
the aeration of the soil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("aeration" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Derivation:
aerate (expose to fresh air)
