air

«air» in Mova's school dictionary: the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us… — 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 (air); verb (air, airs, aired, airing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Air is the mix of gases that we breathe; it is all around us, but we cannot see it. tree →

2) «The air» is the space above the ground, as in «throw it in the air». tree →

3) To air a room is to let fresh air in. tree →

4) An air is a way someone looks or seems, or a tune. tree →

5) Air can also mean flying or travelling through the sky, as in an airship. tree →

sense in the lessons

mostly a word of the story; sometimes air in balloons or tires, or travel by air; in science, air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen, it has weight and pushes (air pressure); phrases «fresh air», «by air», «on air», «in the air», «air pollution»

examples

• He puts air in 4 tires. tree →
• Each balloon holds 2 liters of air. tree →
• The plane flew 500 miles through the air. tree →
• She blew air into 12 balloons. tree →
• Let's go outside for some fresh air. tree →
• Throw the ball high in the air. tree →
• Air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen. tree →
• The show goes on air at 7. tree →
• Open the window to air the room. tree →
• Plants help keep the air clean. tree →
• The ship of the air comes. tree →

note

Usually no clue. Trap: «in the air» describes where something is, not an amount. «Air» is uncountable. It sounds like «heir» (a person who gets money or a title when someone dies).

In the corpora

• Heating a room with the window open sends the warm air, and the money that paid for it, straight outside.
• Circular breathing means breathing in through the nose while pushing out air stored in the cheeks, so the sound never stops.
• The trumpet call is air blasted out through the trunk; elephants also make deep rumbles other elephants feel through their feet.
• Whales are mammals: they breathe air, are warm-blooded, give birth to live young and feed them milk.
• Many bird bones are hollow, with thin crossing struts, and some are filled with air connected to the lungs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «air» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.