Air Definition–noun | 1. | a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere. | | 2. | a stir in the atmosphere; a light breeze. | | 3. | overhead space; sky: The planes filled the air. | | 4. | circulation; publication; publicity: to give air to one's theories. | | 5. | the general character or complexion of anything; appearance: His early work had an air of freshness and originality. | | 6. | the peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person: There is an air of mystery about him. | | 7. | airs, affected or unnatural manner; manifestation of pride or vanity; assumed haughtiness: He acquired airs that were insufferable to his friends. | | 8. | Music. | b. | the soprano or treble part. | | d. | Also, ayre. an Elizabethan art song. | | | 9. | aircraft as a means of transportation: to arrive by air; to ship goods by air. | | 10. | Informal. air conditioning or an air-conditioning system: The price includes tires, radio, and air. | | 11. | Radio. the medium through which radio waves are transmitted. | –verb (used with object) | 13. | to expose to the air; give access to the open air; ventilate (often fol. by out): We air the bedrooms every day. | | 14. | to expose ostentatiously; bring to public notice; display: to air one's opinions; to air one's theories. | | 15. | to broadcast or televise. | –verb (used without object) | 16. | to be exposed to the open air (often fol. by out): Open the window and let the room air out. | | 17. | to be broadcast or televised. | –adjective | 18. | operating by means of air pressure or by acting upon air: an air drill; an air pump. | | 19. | of or pertaining to aircraft or to aviation: air industry. | | 20. | taking place in the air; aerial: air war. | —Idioms | 21. | clear the air, to eliminate dissension, ambiguity, or tension from a discussion, situation, etc.: The staff meeting was intended to help clear the air. | | 22. | get the air, Informal. | a. | to be rejected, as by a lover. | | b. | to be dismissed, as by an employer: He had worked only a few days when he got the air. | | | 23. | give (someone) the air, Informal. | a. | to reject, as a lover: He was bitter because she gave him the air. | | b. | to dismiss, as an employee. | | | 24. | in the air, in circulation; current: There's a rumor in the air that we're moving to a new location. | | 25. | into thin air, completely out of sight or reach: He vanished into thin air. | | 26. | off the air, | a. | not broadcasting: The station goes off the air at midnight. | | b. | not broadcast; out of operation as a broadcast: The program went off the air years ago. | | c. | (of a computer) not in operation. | | | 27. | on the air, | a. | in the act of broadcasting; being broadcast: The program will be going on the air in a few seconds. | | b. | (of a computer) in operation. | | | 28. | put on airs, to assume an affected or haughty manner: As their fortune increased, they began to put on airs. | | 29. | take the air, | a. | to go out-of-doors; take a short walk or ride. | | b. | Slang. to leave, esp. hurriedly. | | c. | to begin broadcasting. | | | 30. | up in the air, | a. | Also, in the air. undecided or unsettled: The contract is still up in the air. | | b. | Inform
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Bag Definition–noun | 1. | a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch. | | 2. | something resembling or suggesting such a receptacle. | | 3. | a suitcase or other portable container for carrying articles, as in traveling. | | 5. | the amount or quantity a bag can hold. | | 6. | any of various measures of capacity. | | 7. | a sac, as in an animal body. | | 9. | Slang. a small glassine or cellophane envelope containing a narcotic drug or a mixtur
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e of narcotics. | | 10. | something hanging in a loose, pouchlike manner, as skin or cloth; a baggy part: He had bags under his eyes from lack of sleep. | | 11. | Baseball. base 1 (def. 8b). | | 12. | Hunting. the amount of game taken, esp. by one hunter in one hunting trip or over a specified period. | | 13. | Slang. | a. | a person's avocation, hobby, major interest, or obsession: Jazz isn't my bag. | | b. | a person's mood or frame of mind: The boss is in a mean bag today. | | c. | an environment, condition, or situation. | | | 14. | bags, | a. | Informal. plenty; much; many (usually fol. by of): bags of time; bags of money. | | –verb (used without object) | 15. | to swell or bulge: A stiff breeze made the sails bag out. | | 16. | to hang loosely like an empty bag: His socks bagged at the ankles. | | 17. | to pack groceries or other items into a bag. | –verb (used with object) | 18. | to cause to swell or bulge; distend: The wind bagged the curtain. | | 20. | Informal. to kill or catch, as in hunting: I bagged my first deer when I was a teenager. | | 21. | Theater. clew (def. 9a). | –interjection | 22. | bags! British Slang. (used to lay first claim to something): Bags it! Bags, I go first! | —Idioms | 23. | Slang. to quit, abandon, or skip: I bagged my math class today. We'd better bag the deal. I was working too hard so I decided to bag it.
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| | 24. | bag and baggage, | a. | with all one's personal property: When they went to collect the rent, they found he had left, bag and baggage. | | b. | completely, totally: The equipment had disappeared, bag and baggage, without even the slightest trace. | | | 25. | bag of bones, an emaciated person or animal. | | 26. | bag of tricks, a supply of expedient resources; stratagems: Maybe they will finally be honest with us, once they've run through their bag of tricks. | | 27. | hold the bag, Informal. to be forced to bear the entire blame, responsibility, or loss that was to have been shared: His accomplices flew to South America on news of the theft and left him holding the bag. | | 28. | in the bag, Informal. virtually certain; assured; definite: Her promotion is in the bag. The sale of the house is in the bag. | | 29. | old bag, Slang. an unattractive, often slatternly woman: a gossipy old bag. | |
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Suspension Definition–noun | 1. | the act of suspending. | | 2. | the state of being suspend
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ed. | | 3. | temporary abrogation or withholding, as of a law, privilege, decision, belief, etc. | | 4. | stoppage of payment of debts or claims because of financial inability or insolvency. | | 5. | Chemistry. | a. | the state in which the particles of a substance are mixed with a fluid but are undissolved. | | b. | a substance in such a state. | | | 6. | Physical Chemistry. a system consisting of small particles kept dispersed by agitation (mechanical suspension) or by the molecular motion in the surrounding medium (colloidal suspension). | | 7. | something on or by which something else is suspended or hung. | | 8. | something that is suspended or hung. | | 9. | Also called suspension system. the arrangement of springs, shock absorbers, hangers, etc., in an automobile, railway car, etc., connecting the wheel-suspension units or axles to the chassis frame. | | 10. | Electricity. a wire, filament, or group of wires by which the conducting part of an instrument or device is suspended. | | 11. | Music. | a. | the prolongation of a tone in one chord into the following chord, usually producing a temporary dissonance. | | b. | the tone so prolonged. | | 12. | Rhetoric. the heightening of interest by delay of the main subject or clause, especially by means of a series of parallel preceding elements. | | From DictionaryKit Definition–noun | 1. | a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose: a first-aid kit; a sales kit. | | 2. | the case for containing these. | | 3. | such a case and its contents. | | 4. | a set of materials or parts from which something can be assembled: a model car made from a kit. | | 5. | Informal. a set, lot, or collection of things or persons. | | 6. | a wooden tub, pail, etc., usually circular. | | 7. | Chiefly British. a costume or outfit of clothing, esp. for a specific purpose: ski kit; dancing kit; battle kit. | –verb (used with object) | 8. | to package or make available in a kit: a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist. | | 9. | Chiefly British. to outfit or equip (often fol. by out or up). | —Idiom | 10. | kit and caboodle or boodle, Informal. the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often prec. by whole): We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon. | |
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