air

air
I
n.
atmosphere

1) to clear the air

2) to breathe, inhale air

3) to pollute the air

4) balmy, mild; bracing, brisk, crisp, refreshing; compressed; country; dry; foul; fresh; humid; polar; polluted; stale air

5) a breath of (fresh) air; a blast of hot air

6) in the air (the decisive battles were fought in the air)

transportation by aircraft

7) by air (to travel by air)

medium through which radio signals are transmitted

8) on the air (to go on the air; our station is on the air)

9) off the air (that station never goes off the air)

appearance

10) to assume an air (to assume an air of innocence)

11) a detached; knowing; nonchalant; superior, triumphant air

tune

12) a martial air (the band struck up a martial air)

misc.

13) in the air ('imminent'); to walk on air ('to be elated'); to give smb. the air ('to reject smb.'); up in the air ('unsettled'); to disappear into thin air

II

v. (B) he is ready to air his views to anyone

* * *
[eə]
a blast of hot air
bracing
brisk
compressed
humid
inhale air
mild
nonchalant
polar
polluted
refreshing
stale air
to disappear into thin air
triumphant air
to walk on air ('to be elated')
to give smb. the air ('to reject smb. ')
up in the air ('unsettled')
(B) he is ready to air his views to anyone
['atmosphere'] to clear the air
a breath of (fresh) air
a detached
balmy
to breathe
to pollute the air
['misc. '] in the air ('imminent')
off the air (that station never goes off the air)
['tune'] a martial air (the band struck up a martial air)
in the air (the decisive battles were fought in the air)
['appearance'] to assume an air (to assume an air of innocence)
['medium through which radio signals are transmitted'] on the air (to go on the air; our station is on the air)
['transportation by aircraft'] by air (to travel by air)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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