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UK
/ˈeə/
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[ US /ˈɛɹ/ ]
[ US /ˈɛɹ/ ]
VERB
-
expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry
Air linen -
make public
She aired her opinions on welfare -
be broadcast
This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M. -
broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
We cannot air this X-rated song -
expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
air out the smoke-filled rooms
air the old winter clothes -
expose to fresh air
aerate your old sneakers
NOUN
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the region above the ground
her hand stopped in mid air
he threw the ball into the air -
medium for radio and television broadcasting
the program was on the air from 9 til midnight
the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people -
travel via aircraft
if you've time to spare go by air
air travel involves too much waiting in airports - once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
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the mass of air surrounding the Earth
there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere
it was exposed to the air -
a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters
the place had an aura of romance
the house had a neglected air
an air of mystery -
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
she was humming an air from Beethoven -
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
the breeze was cooled by the lake
as he waited he could feel the air on his neck -
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
a smell of chemicals in the air
open a window and let in some air
I need some fresh air
air pollution
How To Use air In A Sentence
- Jeff, clad in board trunks and a T-shirt, leans back in his chair with the lappie on his, uhhh, lap, and his bare feet up on the desk. Savages
- The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface. Times, Sunday Times
- Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow.
- Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
- As a book about a nonoperational aircraft, Valkyrie will probably attract only a limited audience within the Air Force community.
- In her house apron and with her hair a little ruffled she looked younger, startled and then angry. THE WHITE DOVE
- Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
- I'm sat in one of those chairs with a little side table to rest your notebook on, arranged in a semicircle in a darkened room.
- We drove a mile or so to Shipley Glen, a wooded hillside where a bit of family fairground fun awaited.
- It was a bit too clean and antiseptic to be really considered an evil lair.
