Definitions for AIR

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AIR air

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IPA: /ɛər/

Air is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 3 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 3 points.

You can make 14 anagrams from letters in AIR (air).

Definitions for AIR

noun

1. a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
2. a stir in the atmosphere; a light breeze.
3. overhead space; sky:
4. circulation; publication; publicity:
5. the general character or complexion of anything; appearance:
6. the peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person:
7. airs, affected or unnatural manner; manifestation of pride or vanity; assumed haughtiness:
8. Music. a tune; melody. the soprano or treble part. an aria. Also, ayre. an Elizabethan art song.
9. aircraft as a means of transportation:
10. Informal. air conditioning or an air-conditioning system:
11. Sports. (during an airborne stunt) the height between the ground and an athlete or an athlete with his or her equipment: such a jump or other airborne stunt:
12. Radio. the medium through which radio waves are transmitted.
13. Archaic. breath.
14. a region in N Niger, in the Sahara: low massif and oases. About 30,000 sq. mi. (77,700 sq. km).

Idioms

1. clear the air, to eliminate dissension, ambiguity, or tension from a discussion, situation, etc.:
2. get some air, to take a break from an unpleasant encounter or stifling environment: to take a short rest.
3. get the air, Informal. to be rejected, as by a lover. to be dismissed, as by an employer:
4. give (someone) the air, Informal. to reject, as a lover: to dismiss, as an employee.
5. in the air, in circulation; current:
6. into thin air, completely out of sight or reach:
7. off the air, not broadcasting: not broadcast; out of operation as a broadcast:
8. on the air, in the act of broadcasting; being broadcast:
9. put on airs, to assume an affected or haughty manner:
10. take the air, to go out-of-doors; take a short walk or ride. Slang. to leave, especially hurriedly. to begin broadcasting.
11. up in the air, Also, in the air. undecided or unsettled: Informal. angry; perturbed:
12. walk / tread on air, to feel very happy; be elated.

adverb

1. Obsolete. before; previously.

adjective

1. operating by means of air pressure or by acting upon air:
2. of or relating to aircraft or to aviation:
3. taking place in the air; aerial:
4. early.

verb (used with object)

1. to expose to the air; give access to the open air; ventilate (often followed by out):
2. to expose ostentatiously; bring to public notice; display:
3. to broadcast or televise.

verb (used without object)

1. to be exposed to the open air (often followed by out):
2. to be broadcast or televised.

Origin of AIR

1150-1200; Middle English eir Old French air Latin āēr- (accusative āerem) Greek āer- (stem of āḗr) the lower atmosphere; conflated with (especially for defs 4, 5) French air, Old French aire

Examples for AIR

Sprawled on chaise lounges with their knees high in the air and their legs spread wide.

And air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.

He had the air of laying at her feet, as a rug, the whole glorious history of France.

In other words, the air Force is saying that its drone force has been stretched to its limits.

Mrs. Higbee hovered near him with an air of proud ownership.

He sat down in a chair, and stretched out his legs, with an air of being at home.

That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.

The Pentagon said Faal served in the air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.

We let the air pass through our closed teeth and we write down "S."

His senses breathed the air of her perfect and compelling femininity.