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air is a noun and verb meaning "a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of". It carries 15 recorded senses.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
“air pollution”
“a smell of chemicals in the air”
“open a window and let in some air”
“I need some fresh air”
the region above the ground
“her hand stopped in mid air”
“he threw the ball into the air”
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
“the breeze was cooled by the lake”
“as he waited he could feel the air on his neck”
the mass of air surrounding the Earth
“there was great heat as the comet entered the atmosphere”
“it was exposed to the air”
travel via aircraft
“air travel involves too much waiting in airports”
“if you've time to spare go by air”
broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
“We cannot air this X-rated song”
broadcast medium
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for air come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.