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What does air mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word air? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable, meteorology) The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly:
    1. (philosophy) understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
    2. (medicine) understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health.
    3. (physics) understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
  2. (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space.
  3. A breeze; a gentle wind.
  4. A feeling or sense.
  5. A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
  6. (plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
  7. (music) A song, especially a solo; an aria.
  8. (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
  9. An air conditioner or the processed air it produces. Can be a mass noun or a count noun depending on context; similar to hair.
  10. (chemistry) Any specific gas.
  11. (snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) A jump in which one becomes airborne.
Verb
  1. To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
  2. To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate.
  3. To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic.
  4. To broadcast, as with a television show.
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