Definition of Air out

1. Verb. Expose to fresh air. "Aerate your old sneakers"

Exact synonyms: Aerate, Air
Generic synonyms: Expose
Derivative terms: Aeration, Air

2. Verb. Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen. "Air out the smoke-filled rooms"
Exact synonyms: Air, Vent, Ventilate
Generic synonyms: Freshen, Refresh
Derivative terms: Venting, Vent, Ventilator

Definition of Air out

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To expose to air; to leave open or spread out, as to allow odor or moisture to dissipate. ¹

2. Verb. (by extension) To discuss in the open. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Out

air lanes
air letter
air letters
air level
air levels
air lift fermenter
air lock
air mail
air marshal
air mattress
air microbiology
air mile
air navigation
air out
air parcel
air parcels
air photo
air piracy
air pirate
air pirates
air pistol
air pistols
air plant
air plants
air pocket
air pollutant
air pollutants

Literary usage of Air out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Natural Philosophy: In which are Explained the Principles of by John Lee Comstock (1854)
"... valve for letting air into, and e' e', self-acting valve for letting air out of the same, c, supply piston; c', piston-rod of the same, con- FIG. 292. ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1903)
"Neither did I ever know of any sewer commissioner anywhere in the United States attempt to blow .iir into a sower filled with gas. or suck air out of a ..."

3. Transactions by England Society of Engineers (London (1875)
"By mechanical means, he meant the use of steam as a mechanical power, for either driving air into the mine or sucking air out. The plan of driving air into ..."

4. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"If dependence is placed solely upon drawing the vitiated air out of a room we are leaving to chance where the fresh air is coming from to replace it. ..."

5. Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of by Forster, R. P (1818)
"is farther illustrated by ladies and gentlemen going into the cold night air, out of a warm ball-room, without suffering any inconvenience from it. ..."

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