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air
  1. (uncountable, meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly:
    1. (philosophy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
    2. (medicine) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.
    3. (physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
  2. (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space.
  3. A breeze; a gentle wind.
  4. A feeling or sense.
  5. A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
  6. (plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
  7. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria.
  8. (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
  9. An air conditioner or the processed air it produces. Can be a mass noun or a count noun depending on context; similar to hair.
  10. (chemistry) Any specific gas.
  11. (snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne.
  12. Synonyms:
  13. Examples:
    1. “I closed my eyes and felt the fresh air blow against my visage.”
      “The industrial and technological scene is endowed with an air of epic grandeur.”
      “The airplane will soon be up in the air.”
airing
  1. (uncountable) An exposure to warm or fresh air.
  2. (countable) A public expression of an opinion or discussion of a subject.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Apparently, the covenants of our homeowners association forbid the airing of laundry outside.”
      “Two big, beautiful dogs that look like Siberian blood-hounds, and which are owned by somebody who lives in lower Fifth-avenue, have been in the habit of taking an airing every afternoon this Summer in and around Washington-square.”
      “Even the smallest of the ITV stations at times tried hard to get an airing for some of the special programmes that they had made.”
airlessness
  1. The state or condition of being poorly ventilated; lacking good air circulation, having stale air.
  2. The state or quality of a (relative) vacuum.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Perhaps she is just overcome by the airlessness of a crowded room.”
      “The metal construction of the cells and the lack of windows exacerbates their airlessness in a tropical heat which is relentless, all year round.”
      “Renovating your home makes the difference between the airlessness of your apartment and an airy dwelling.”
airstream
  1. A flow or current of air.
  2. The flow of air around an object.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “We examine how movement patterns are modified when speakers change from an egressive to ingressive airstream.”
      “This so-called velaric airstream mechanism is always ingressive and can only be used for stops and affricates.”
      “The fingerhole on each pipe does not affect pitch, but when it is closed the airstream forces the respective reed to vibrate.”
airspeed
  1. (aviation) The speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it is flying.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The enemy pilot had throttled back, reducing airspeed and flattening the spiral dive.”
      “In reality, we control airspeed and altitude with the coordinated use of both pitch and power.”
      “A no-flap approach was flown with a 220,000 lb gross weight, flying at 198 knots indicated airspeed.”
aire
  1. Obsolete spelling of air
  2. Examples:
    1. “The head of a homestead was an aire, a representative freeman capable of acting as a witness, compurgator and bail.”
      “The bishopric, founded in the 3rd century, was in 1801 attached to that of aire.”
      “He had higher property qualifications than the aire forgill, but his prime claim to higher status was that he would one day be king.”
airs
airstreams
airspeeds
  1. plural of airspeed
airings
  1. plural of airing
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Five further episodes, not screened in the first run, have turned up in repeat airings.”
      “Because of its repeated airings on cable and satellite, it is still possible to catch it on television, but it is worth buying as well.”
      “There are eight airings during a two-week burst before the films move into a rotation in which they are screened about 15 times a year.”
aires
  1. plural of aire
  2. Examples:
    1. “Qualified though my admiration for Lady Thatcher may be, I find it hard to believe that she'd have nuked Buenos Aires just to make a point.”
      “He was born near Buenos Aires, the son of poor American parents of English descent who had moved to the Argentine to farm.”
      “A thousand miles north-west of the capital Buenos Aires, in the crisp blue air of the high desert, lies the wine-growing region of Mendoza.”
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