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- English Word Aim Definition Conjecture; guess.
- English Word Aimed Definition of Aim
- English Word Aimer Definition One who aims, directs, or points.
- English Word Aiming Definition of Aim
- English Word Aimless Definition Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life.
- English Word Ain't Definition A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An't.
- English Word Aino Definition One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.
- English Word Air Definition The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
- English Word Air Definition Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
- English Word Air Definition A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
- English Word Air Definition Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air.
- English Word Air Definition Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
- English Word Air Definition Odoriferous or contaminated air.
- English Word Air Definition That which surrounds and influences.
- English Word Air Definition Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
- English Word Air Definition Intelligence; information.
- English Word Air Definition A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria.
- English Word Air Definition In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air.
- English Word Air Definition The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air.
- English Word Air Definition Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style.