aired

3 definitions found

aired - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Air \Air\ ([^a]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Aired ([^a]rd); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Airing.] [See Air, n., and cf. A["e]rate.]
     1. To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling,
        refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room.
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              It were good wisdom . . . that the jail were aired.
                                                    --Bacon.
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              Were you but riding forth to air yourself. --Shak.
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     2. To expose for the sake of public notice; to display
        ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion.
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              Airing a snowy hand and signet gem.   --Tennyson.
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     3. To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness,
        or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.
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  aired \aired\ ([^a]rd), adj.
     abounding in fresh air.
  
     Syn: airy
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     2. made public by radio or television. The report was aired
        on the seven o'clock news.
  
     Syn: broadcast
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aired - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  aired
      adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn:
             aired, airy]