Aired

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  


              It were good wisdom . . . that the jail were aired.
                                                    --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Were you but riding forth to air yourself. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To expose for the sake of public notice; to display
        ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Airing a snowy hand and signet gem.   --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness,
        or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  aired \aired\ ([^a]rd), adj.
     abounding in fresh air.
  
     Syn: airy
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. made public by radio or television. The report was aired
        on the seven o'clock news.
  
     Syn: broadcast
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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