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Sounds | eh'r |
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Rhymes | affair, airfare, anywhere, and 109 more rhymes in ehr at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Relating to or characteristic of or occurring in the air. |
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Examples | "air war"; "air safety"; "air travel" |
Similar | aerial; aerial; flying |
Contrary | land; sea |
Meaning | A mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing. The stuff that the wind consists of. |
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Examples | "air pollution"; "a smell of chemicals in the air"; "open a window and let in some air"; "I need some fresh air" |
Narrower | breath; hot air; liquid air |
Broader | gas |
Substance of | wind, air current, current of air |
Substances | argon, Ar, atomic number 18; krypton, Kr, atomic number 36; neon, Ne, atomic number 10; nitrogen, N, atomic number 7; oxygen, O, atomic number 8; xenon, Xe, atomic number 54 |
Adjectives | aeriferous; pneumatic |
Verbs | aerate; aerify; aerate |
Meaning | Travel via aircraft. |
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Examples | "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air" |
Synonyms | air travel, aviation |
Category of | pass over, overfly; fly; red-eye; cruise; stooge; stall; stall; buzz; crab; fly, aviate, pilot; fly blind; fly contact; solo; test fly; jet; glide; kite; sailplane, soar; power-dive; nosedive; crash-dive; chandelle; belly-land; crash land; ditch; land, put down, bring down; deplane; emplane, enplane; peel off |
Narrower | flight, flying |
Broader | travel, traveling, travelling |
Meaning | The region above the ground. |
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Examples | "her hand stopped in mid air"; "he threw the ball into the air" |
Broader | region, part |
Meaning | Medium for radio and television broadcasting. |
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Examples | "the program was on the air from 9 til midnight"; "the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people" |
Synonyms | airwave |
Broader | medium |
Verbs | air; air |
Meaning | A slight wind (usually refreshing). |
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Examples | "as he waited he could feel the air on his neck" |
Synonyms | breeze, zephyr, gentle wind |
Narrower | sea breeze; breath; light air; light breeze; gentle breeze; moderate breeze; fresh breeze; strong breeze |
Broader | wind, air current, current of air |
Meaning | A distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing. |
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Examples | "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air" |
Synonyms | aura, atmosphere |
Narrower | mystique; note; vibrations |
Broader | quality |
Meaning | The mass of air surrounding the Earth. |
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Examples | "it was exposed to the air" |
Synonyms | atmosphere |
Part of | Earth, world, globe |
Parts | airspace, air space; ionosphere |
Narrower | airspace |
Broader | region, part |
Meaning | A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence. |
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Examples | "she was humming an air from Beethoven" |
Synonyms | tune, melody, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase |
Parts | phrase, musical phrase |
Narrower | flourish, fanfare, tucket; glissando; roulade; leitmotiv, leitmotif; theme song; signature, signature tune, theme song; theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea; part, voice |
Broader | music |
Meaning | Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles). |
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Broader | element |
Usage | archaism, archaicism |
Meaning | Expose to fresh air. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | air out, aerate |
Broader | expose |
Meaning | Be broadcast. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Examples | "This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M." |
Category | broadcast medium, broadcasting |
Caused by | air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit |
Narrower | get on, be on |
Nouns | air |
Meaning | Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Examples | "We cannot air this X-rated song" |
Synonyms | send, broadcast, beam, transmit |
Category | broadcast medium, broadcasting |
Cause to | air |
Narrower | satellite; sportscast; telecast, televise; interrogate; rerun, rebroadcast |
Broader | publicize, publicise, air, bare |
Nouns | air |
Meaning | Make public. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
Examples | "She aired her opinions on welfare" |
Synonyms | publicize, publicise, bare |
Narrower | bulletin; publish, bring out, put out, issue, release; circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around; air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit |
Broader | tell |
Meaning | Expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "Air linen" |
Broader | dry, dry out |
Meaning | Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms" |
Synonyms | vent, ventilate, air out |
Broader | refresh, freshen |