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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
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- 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
- The air had grown thick and smoky.
- Maurice Mair seemed to spin like a teetotum and pitch upon his face like a ninepin. The Complete Father Brown
- It's impossible to look at yourself in a pair of new frames and not see another character. Times, Sunday Times
- Warner wrote from Egypt expressing sympathy for their unfurnished state of affairs, but added, "I would rather fit out three houses and fill them with furniture than to fit out one 'dahabiyeh'. Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete
- Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.