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
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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 com
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puter) 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,
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| a. | Also, in the air. undecided or unsettled: The contract is still up in the air. | | b. | Informal. angry; perturbed: There is no need to get up in the air over a simple mistake. | | | 31. | walk or tread on air, to feel very happy; be elated. | |
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Center Definition–noun | 1. | Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices. | | 2. | a point, pivot, axis, etc., around which anything rotates or revolves: The sun is the center of the solar system. | | 3. | the source of an influence, action, force, etc.: the center of a problem. | | 4. | a point, place, person, etc., upon which interest, emotion, etc., focuses: His family is the center of his life. | | 5. | a principal point, place, or object: a shipping center. | | 6. | a building or part of a building used as a meeting place for a particular group or having facilities for certain activities: a youth center; The company has a complete recreation center in the basement. | | 7. | an office or other facility providing a specific service or dealing with a particular emergency: a flood-relief center; a crisis center. | | 8. | a person, thing, group, etc., occupying the middle position, esp. a body of troops. | | 9. | the core or middle of anything: chocolate candies with fruit centers. | | 10. | a store or establishment devoted to a particular subject or hobby, carrying supplies, materials, tools, and books as well as offering guidance and advice: a garden center; a nutrition center. | | 12. | (usually initial capital letter ) Government. | a. | the part of a legislative assembly, esp. in continental Europe, that sits in the center of the chamber, a position customarily assigned to members of the legislature who hold political views intermediate between those of the Right and Left. | | b. | the members of such an assembly who sit in the Center. | | c. | the political position of persons who hold moderate views. | | d. | politically moderate persons, taken collectively; Centrists; middle-of-the-roaders: Unfortunately, his homeland has always lacked a responsible Center. | | | 13. | Football. | a. | a lineman who occupies a position in the middle of the line and who puts the ball into play by tossing it between his legs to a back. | | b. | the position played by this lineman. | | | 14. | Basketball. | a. | a player who participates in a center jump. | | b. | the position of the player in the center of the court, where the cent
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er jump takes place at the beginning of play. | | | 15. | Ice Hockey. a player who participates in a face-off at the beginning of play. | | 17. | Physiology. a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific organic process: the vasomotor center. | | 18. | Mathematics. | a. | the mean position of a figure or system. | | b. | the set of elements of a group that commute with every element of the group. | | | 19. | Machinery. | a. | a tapered rod, mounted in the headstock spindle (live center) or the tailstock spindle (dead center) of a lathe, upon which the work to be turned is placed. | | b. | one of two similar poin
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ts on some other machine, as a planing machine, enabling an object to be turned on its axis. | | c. | a tapered indentation, in a piece to be turned on a lathe, into which a center is fitted. | | –verb (used with object) | 20. | to place in or on a center: She centered the clock on the mantelpiece. | | 21. | to collect to or around a center; focus: He centered his novel on the Civil War. | | 22. | to determine or mark the center of: A small brass star centered the tabletop. | | 23. | to adjust, shape, or modify (an object, part, etc.) so that its axis or the like is in a central or normal position: to center the lens of a telescope; to center the work on a lathe. | | 24. | to place (an object, part, etc.) so as to be equidistant from all bordering or adjacent areas. | | 25. | Football. snap (def. 20). | | 26. | to pass (a basketball, hockey puck, etc.) from any place along the periphery toward the middle of the playing area. | –verb (used without object) | 27. | to be at or come to a center. | | 28. | to come to a focus; converge; concentrate (fol. by at, about, around, in, or on): The interest of the book centers specifically on the character of the eccentric hero. Political power in the town centers in the position of mayor. | | 29. | to gather or accumulate in a cluster; collect (fol. by at, about, around, in, or on): Shops and municipal buildings center around the city square. | —Idiom | 30. | on center, from the centerline or midpoint of a structural member, an area of a plan, etc., to that of a similar member, area, etc.: The studs are set 30 inches on center. Abbreviation: o.c. | |
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