अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style.

The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air.

In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.

A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.

Intelligence; information.

Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.

That which surrounds and influences.

Odoriferous or contaminated air.

Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.

Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air.

A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.

A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.

An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.

A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.

A railway brake operated by condensed air.

A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.

A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.

A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.

A cavity containing air to act as a spring for equalizing the flow of a liquid in a pump or other hydraulic machine.

A faucet to allow escape of air.