air

air has 35 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• n.. The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
• n.. Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
• n.. 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.
• n.. Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air.
• n.. Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
• n.. Odoriferous or contaminated air.
• n.. That which surrounds and influences.
• n.. Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
• n.. Intelligence; information.
• n.. 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.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air.