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# air

«air» in Mova's school dictionary: **the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (air); verb (air, airs, aired, airing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Air is the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us, but we cannot see it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#m1)

2) «The air» is the space above the ground, as in «throw it in the air». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#m2)

3) To air a room is to let fresh air in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#m3)

4) An air is a way someone looks or seems, or a tune. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#m4)

5) Air can also mean flying or travelling through the sky, as in an airship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

mostly a word of the story; sometimes air in balloons or tires, or travel by air; in science, air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen, it has weight and pushes (air pressure); phrases «fresh air», «by air», «on air», «in the air», «air pollution»

### examples

- He puts air in 4 tires. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x1)
- Each balloon holds 2 liters of air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x2)
- The plane flew 500 miles through the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x3)
- She blew air into 12 balloons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x4)
- Let's go outside for some fresh air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x5)
- Throw the ball high in the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x6)
- Air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x7)
- The show goes on air at 7. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x8)
- Open the window to air the room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x9)
- Plants help keep the air clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x10)
- The ship of the air comes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/#x11)

### note

Usually no clue. Trap: «in the air» describes where something is, not an amount. «Air» is uncountable. It sounds like «heir» (a person who gets money or a title when someone dies).

### In the corpora

- [Heating a room with the window open sends the warm air, and the money that paid for it, straight outside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/14/)
- [Circular breathing means breathing in through the nose while pushing out air stored in the cheeks, so the sound never stops.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/11/)
- [The trumpet call is air blasted out through the trunk; elephants also make deep rumbles other elephants feel through their feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/17/)
- [Whales are mammals: they breathe air, are warm-blooded, give birth to live young and feed them milk.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/26-whales/6/)
- [Many bird bones are hollow, with thin crossing struts, and some are filled with air connected to the lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «air» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/air/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.