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# airway

«airway» in Mova's school dictionary: **The passage that air travels through from the nose and…** — 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 (an airway, airways)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The passage that air travels through from the nose and mouth to the lungs (throat and windpipe). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#m1)

2) A route through the sky that planes regularly use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#m2)

3) Airways: used in names of airlines (British Airways). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In first aid lessons, ABC or DRSABCD: check the Airway, Breathing and Circulation; to open the airway, tilt the head back and lift the chin; the recovery position keeps the airway clear. Choking happens when something blocks the airway. Asthma narrows the airways. Phrases: open the airway, blocked airway, clear airway.

### examples

- Air goes through your airway to your lungs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#x1)
- In first aid, check that the airway is clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#x2)
- Tilt the head back to open the airway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#x3)
- Food stuck in the airway makes a person choke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#x4)
- Asthma makes the airways narrow and tight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#x5)
- The recovery position keeps the airway open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#x6)
- British Airways is an airline. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/airway/#x7)

### note

One word: airway. Not the same as «airport». First aid order: Danger, Response, Send for help, Airway, Breathing, CPR, Defibrillator (DRSABCD in Australia/NZ); learn it from a real first-aid course.

### In the corpora

- [Grapes should be cut lengthways for small children, because small round food can block a small airway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/81-food-drinks-and-feeling-ill/7/)
- [Grapes are cut lengthways for small children, because small round food can block a small child's airway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/14/)
- [Cut grapes lengthways for small children, because small round food can block a small child's airway.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/18/)
- [The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes, like loosening a tight belt round the airways.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/1/)
- [The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes; inhalers control asthma but do not cure it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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