AIR


Meaning of AIR in English

I

n.

atmosphere

1) to clear the ~

2) to breathe, inhale ~

3) to pollute the ~

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

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

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

transportation by ~craft

7) by ~ (to travel by ~)

medium through which radio signals are transmitted

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

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

appearance

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

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

tune

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

misc.

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

II

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

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.