Air

More definitions of "air":

• (noun): A slight wind (usually refreshing).
  Example: "As he waited he could feel the air on his neck"
  Synonyms: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind

• (verb): Be broadcast.
  Example: "This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M."

• (verb): Expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry.
  Example: "Air linen"

• (noun): Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles).

• (verb): Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen.
  Example: "Air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"
  Synonyms: vent, ventilate, air out

• (noun): Travel via aircraft.
  Example: "Air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"
  Synonyms: air travel, aviation

• (noun): A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence.
  Example: "She was humming an air from Beethoven"
  Synonyms: tune, melody, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase

• (noun): The mass of air surrounding the Earth.
  Example: "It was exposed to the air"
  Synonyms: atmosphere

• (verb): Expose to fresh air.
  Synonyms: air out, aerate

• (noun): Medium for radio and television broadcasting.
  Example: "The program was on the air from 9 til midnight"
  Synonyms: airwave

• (noun): A mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of.
  Example: "Air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air"

• (adj): Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air.
  Example: "Air war"; "air safety"; "air travel"

• (verb): Make public.
  Synonyms: publicize, publicise, bare

• (noun): A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing.
  Example: "An air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"
  Synonyms: aura, atmosphere

• (verb): Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television.
  Example: "We cannot air this X-rated song"
  Synonyms: send, broadcast, beam, transmit

Famous quotes containing the word air:

“The air of one’s native country is the most healthy air.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

“The air was clear. He seemed in ultimate peace

Except that he had no eyes. Rigid and bright
Upon the forehead, furred
With a light frost, crouched an outrageous bird.”
—Anthony Hecht (b. 1923)

“Soun is noght but air ybroken,
And every speche that is spoken,
Loud or privee, foul or fair,
In his substaunce is but air;
For as flaumbe is but lighted smoke,
Right so soun is air ybroke.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)