📖 A — The English dictionary · page 22

aim — Everyday, meaning 1: What you are trying to do or get; your goal or purpose.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To point a ball, an arrow or a camera at something you want to hit or reach.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To plan or try to do something (We aim to finish by lunch).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To direct words or an action at a particular person or group (The book is aimed at children).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Your skill at hitting what you point at (good aim).↗ Example: The aim of this experiment is to find out which material keeps ice frozen longest.↗ · Aim the ball at the middle of the hoop.↗ · We aim to raise 200 dollars for the animal shelter.↗ · The archer took aim and hit the target.↗ · This show is aimed at young children.↗ · His aim is to swim a whole length without stopping.↗ · Never aim a water pistol at someone's eyes.↗ · Her aim was perfect — she knocked down every can.↗ · He took aim, and let it fly.↗ · Distribution was delayed unril this year (1922) by a supplement aiming at a solution of the Pythagorean philosophy.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · § 10 The ten digits and zero, their appearance is like light- ning; to their aim there is no limit.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word; (Writings PSA.64.4, JPS 1917)↗

aimlessly — Everyday, meaning 1: Without any purpose, plan or direction: they wandered aimlessly round town.↗ Example: We wandered aimlessly around the shops.↗ · The boat drifted aimlessly on the river.↗ · He kicked a stone aimlessly along the road.↗ · Alice walked aimlessly through the wood.↗ · The puppy ran aimlessly round the garden.↗ · She flicked aimlessly through the magazine.↗ · After wandering aimlessly through several countries, I resolved to come to Bagdad and request an audience of the Commander of the Faithful.↗

ain — Everyday, meaning 1: Ain is not a word on its own; it is the first part of «ain't», a short form cut off at the apostrophe.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, nonstandard) Ain't means am not, is not, are not, has not or have not, as in «I ain't got any».↗ Example: «I ain't going,» said the boy in the story.↗ · It ain't fair — she got more cake!↗ · «We ain't seen nothing yet,» the farmer laughed.↗ · If it ain't broke, don't fix it.↗ · In your essay, write «isn't», not «ain't».↗ · «You ain't finished your sums,» Nan grumbled.↗ · "Brer Fox ain't sayin' nuthin' 'tall.↗ · and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; (Torah NUM.34.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Non-existent ; the word is AIN, nothingness.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Ain precedes Ain Suph, boundlessness; and Ain Suph Aur, Boundless Light.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages; (Prophets JOS.19.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; (Writings 1CH.4.32, JPS 1917)↗ · and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages.↗ (Prophets JOS.15.32, JPS 1917)↗

air — Everyday, meaning 1: Air is the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us, but we cannot see it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «The air» is the space above the ground, as in «throw it in the air».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To air a room is to let fresh air in.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An air is a way someone looks or seems, or a tune.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Air can also mean flying or travelling through the sky, as in an airship.↗ Example: He puts air in 4 tires.↗ · Each balloon holds 2 liters of air.↗ · The plane flew 500 miles through the air.↗ · She blew air into 12 balloons.↗ · Let's go outside for some fresh air.↗ · Throw the ball high in the air.↗ · Air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen.↗ · The show goes on air at 7.↗ · Open the window to air the room.↗ · Plants help keep the air clean.↗ · The ship of the air comes.↗ · of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.↗ (Torah GEN.7.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And thy carcasses shall be food unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to frighten them away.↗ (Torah DEU.28.26, JPS 1917)↗ · And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.↗ (Torah GEN.2.20, JPS 1917)↗ · One is so near to another, that no air can come between them.↗ (Writings JOB.41.8, JPS 1917)↗ · Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.↗ (Writings JOB.28.21, JPS 1917)↗ · The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.↗ (Writings PSA.8.9, JPS 1917)↗

airborne — Everyday, meaning 1: Moving or carried through the air: «airborne seeds», «airborne germs».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a plane, bird or person) Off the ground and flying: «The plane is airborne.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (military) Soldiers trained to arrive by parachute or aircraft: «airborne troops».↗ Example: The dandelion seeds were airborne in seconds.↗ · The plane became airborne at the end of the runway.↗ · Colds can be airborne, so catch your sneeze in a tissue.↗ · The skateboarder was airborne over the ramp.↗ · Pollen is airborne in spring.↗ · The kite stayed airborne for an hour.↗

aircraft — Everyday, meaning 1: Any machine that flies in the air, such as an aeroplane, helicopter, glider or airship.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (in phrases) aircraft carrier: a huge ship that aeroplanes can take off from and land on.↗ Example: A helicopter is a kind of aircraft.↗ · The aircraft landed safely in the fog.↗ · Three aircraft flew over the school.↗ · The aircraft carries 180 passengers, so 3 flights carry 540.↗ · Fasten your seat belt while the aircraft is moving.↗ · An aircraft carrier is like a floating airport.↗

airdrop — Everyday, meaning 1: An airdrop is sending food, medicine or other supplies by dropping them from an aircraft, often by parachute.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To airdrop something is to drop it from a plane to people on the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (computers, AirDrop) AirDrop is an Apple feature for sending photos or files to a nearby device; people say «airdrop it to me».↗ Example: The army made an airdrop of food to the flooded villages.↗ · Medicine was airdropped to the cut-off town.↗ · Parachutes slowed the boxes in the airdrop.↗ · In the game, an airdrop brings new supplies.↗ · Can you airdrop me that photo?↗ · Airdrops can help when roads are blocked by snow.↗

airflow — Everyday, meaning 1: The movement of air from one place to another, for example through a room, a machine or around a wing.↗ Example: Open a window to improve the airflow.↗ · Don't block the airflow to the laptop fan.↗ · Airflow over the wing helps the plane lift.↗ · We tested airflow with streamers in a wind tunnel.↗ · The fridge needs airflow at the back.↗ · Good airflow keeps the classroom fresh.↗

airless — Everyday, meaning 1: With no fresh air moving; stuffy and hard to breathe in: «an airless room».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: With no air at all: «the airless surface of the Moon».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of weather) Very still, with no wind.↗ Example: The classroom was hot and airless, so we opened the windows.↗ · The Moon is airless, so astronauts carry oxygen.↗ · It was an airless summer night.↗ · The cellar was dark and airless.↗ · Sound cannot travel in airless space.↗ · We felt sleepy in the airless bus.↗ · Now, that night happened to be very hot and airless, and the prince, after vainly trying to rest, at length got up and went to the window.↗

airline — Everyday, meaning 1: An airline is a company that flies planes carrying passengers or goods to different places.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An air line can also be a pipe or tube that carries air, for example to a diver.↗ Example: Which airline are we flying with?↗ · The airline lost our suitcase.↗ · My aunt is an airline pilot.↗ · The airline gave us snacks on the plane.↗ · Airline rules say liquids must be in small bottles.↗ · A big airline has hundreds of planes.↗ · The airline ticket cost 300 dollars each, so 4 tickets cost 1200 dollars.↗ · Each airline has its own logo on the plane's tail.↗

airliner — Everyday, meaning 1: A large aeroplane that carries passengers on regular flights for an airline.↗ Example: The airliner carried three hundred passengers to Sydney.↗ · A jumbo jet is a huge airliner.↗ · We watched the airliners take off at the airport.↗ · Airliners fly very high, above most clouds.↗ · The pilot flew the airliner safely through the storm.↗ · Modern airliners have two or four jet engines.↗

airplane — Everyday, meaning 1: A flying machine with wings and engines that carries people or goods through the air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A toy model of such a machine, including a paper airplane.↗ Example: We flew to see Grandma in a big airplane.↗ · The airplane took off from the runway.↗ · I folded a paper airplane in class and it flew across the room.↗ · In science we learned how wings help an airplane fly.↗ · Put your phone in airplane mode during the flight.↗ · The airplane landed safely in the storm.↗ · My little brother wants to be an airplane pilot.↗

airport — Everyday, meaning 1: A place where aeroplanes take off and land, with buildings (terminals) where passengers check in, go through security and wait for their flights.↗ Example: We went to the airport to catch our plane to Spain.↗ · Airport security checked my backpack.↗ · Grandpa picked us up from the airport.↗ · The departures board shows when flights leave.↗ · Our flight was delayed, so we waited at the airport for hours.↗ · Heathrow is a huge airport in London.↗ · Stay close to your family in the busy airport.↗ · Planes land on the long runways at the airport.↗

airtight — Everyday, meaning 1: Airtight means sealed so tightly that no air can get in or out.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (figurative) An airtight argument, alibi or case has no weak points and cannot be proved wrong.↗ Example: Keep the biscuits in an airtight tin so they stay crunchy.↗ · The jar has an airtight lid.↗ · Without air, the candle in the airtight jar went out.↗ · Astronauts' spacesuits must be airtight.↗ · Never play inside an airtight box or old fridge — you could not breathe.↗ · The detective could not arrest him because his alibi was airtight.↗ · Her argument was airtight; nobody could find a flaw.↗ · Then Oz painted it on the inside with a coat of thin glue, to make it airtight, after which he announced that the balloon was ready.↗

airway — Everyday, meaning 1: The passage that air travels through from the nose and mouth to the lungs (throat and windpipe).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A route through the sky that planes regularly use.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Airways: used in names of airlines (British Airways).↗ Example: Air goes through your airway to your lungs.↗ · In first aid, check that the airway is clear.↗ · Tilt the head back to open the airway.↗ · Food stuck in the airway makes a person choke.↗ · Asthma makes the airways narrow and tight.↗ · The recovery position keeps the airway open.↗ · British Airways is an airline.↗

airy — Everyday, meaning 1: Full of fresh air and space, light and open.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Light and delicate, like air.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Not serious, careless, as in an airy wave of the hand.↗ Example: Our new classroom is bright and airy.↗ · The cake was light and airy.↗ · She gave an airy wave and walked off.↗ · Open the windows to make the room airy.↗ · His plans sound a bit airy-fairy to me.↗ · The airy tent was cool in the summer heat.↗ · These loose, airy wool-flowers are very beautiful, and look like fine snowy feathers or down.↗

aisle — Everyday, meaning 1: An aisle is a long, narrow passage between rows of seats (in a church, theatre, plane, bus or classroom) or between shelves (in a supermarket or library).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Walk down the aisle» means to get married in a church.↗ Example: The cereal is in aisle three.↗ · Keep your bag out of the aisle so nobody trips.↗ · I sat in the aisle seat on the plane.↗ · The bride walked down the aisle.↗ · We lined up in the aisle between the desks.↗ · The film was so funny, people were rolling in the aisles.↗ · Incense floated through the lofty painted and gilded aisles, where a solemn twilight reigned.↗

ajar — Everyday, meaning 1: Ajar means a door or window partly open, not shut and not wide open.↗ Example: The back door stood ajar.↗ · Leave the window ajar so the room gets some air.↗ · Through the ajar door she heard sobbing.↗

akan — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A man's name, a son of Ezer in the family of Seir the Horite.↗ Example: These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.↗ (Torah GEN.36.27, JPS 1917)↗

akimbo — Everyday, meaning 1: Akimbo means with the hands on the hips and the elbows bent outwards, like a jug handle.↗ Example: The farmer stood with his arms akimbo.↗ · She put her hands on her hips, arms akimbo, and frowned.↗ · He set his arms akimbo and flew off like a falcon.↗