n. 1 atmosphere, ambience, aura, climate, feeling, sense, mood, quality This restaurant has a delightful air about it 2 breeze, zephyr, current, draught; breath, puff, wind Light airs sprang up from the south 3 manner, style, appearance, aura, feeling, bearing, quality, flavour Louis has a lugubrious air about him 4 melody, tune, song, music She was humming airs from some Italian opera 5 airs. pretension, pretence, show, affectedness; haughtiness, hauteur, arrogance, superiority, superciliousness He puts on such airs since he got his knighthood
v. 6 ventilate, freshen, refresh, aerate The chambermaid is airing the room, so you can't go in now 7 show off, parade, display, exhibit; publish, broadcast, circulate, publicize, make public or known, reveal, expose, disclose, divulge, tell, express, declare Once again Andrew is airing his views on modern art