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Airing   /ˈɛrɪŋ/   Listen
Airing

noun
1.
The opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate.  Synonyms: dissemination, public exposure, spreading.
2.
A short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air.
3.
The act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air.  Synonym: ventilation.



Air

verb
(past & past part. aired; pres. part. airing)
1.
Expose to fresh air.  Synonyms: aerate, air out.
2.
Be broadcast.
3.
Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television.  Synonyms: beam, broadcast, send, transmit.
4.
Make public.  Synonyms: bare, publicise, publicize.
5.
Expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry.
6.
Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen.  Synonyms: air out, vent, ventilate.  "Air out the smoke-filled rooms"



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"Airing" Quotes from Famous Books



... closely connected with that gentleman we left airing himself on the fire escape," he said grimly. "Gypsy Nan ...
— The White Moll • Frank L. Packard

... and calm tone restored Avdeyev's composure. Going back to his shop and finding friends there, he again began drinking, eating caviare, and airing his views. He almost forgot the police search, and he was only troubled by one circumstance which he could not help noticing: his left leg was strangely numb, and his stomach for some reason refused to ...
— The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

... Ferdinand, looking rather like an elderly maiden lady when she unexpectedly encounters her cook taking an airing with a corporal in the Life Guards, "the pair of persons ...
— The Prophet of Berkeley Square • Robert Hichens

... gradually improving. She had been persuaded to take a daily airing and had consented to see one or two of the ladies in her room. Mr. Wyllys always passed half an hour with her, every afternoon; and at length she came down stairs, and joined the family in the drawing-room, for a short time in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hazlehurst, ...
— Elinor Wyllys - Vol. I • Susan Fenimore Cooper

... the Church, to be a corn-cutter or tooth-drawer, to make or mend shoes, or to be of any inferior profession; than to be invited to, and promised the conveniences of, a learned education; and to have his name only stand airing upon the College Tables [Notice-boards], and his chief business shall be, to ...
— An English Garner - Critical Essays & Literary Fragments • Edited by Professor Arber and Thomas Seccombe


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