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Definition: Take The Air |
Take The AirVerb1. Take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. To measure the ventilating current b. Applied to a ventilating fan as working well, or working poorl. (references) |
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Synonym: Take The AirSynonym: walk (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Direction | Ascertain one's direction; Noun: s'orienter, see which way the wind blows; box the compass; take the air line. |
Journey | Verb: travel, journey, course; take a journey, go a journey; take a walk, go out for walk; Noun: have a run; take the air. |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Scene at a Mexican military airport as training planes take the air. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Dirigibles able to take the air, being manufactured, repaired or assembled. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I did not need to go outdoors to take the air, for the atmosphere within had lost none of its freshness. |
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Expressions using "take the air": take the air line ♦ To take the air. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "take the air"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Hungarian | levegőzik (to take the air), friss levegőt szív (to take the air). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aketay ethay airay lua aer. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-h-i-k-r-t-t" | |
-2 letters: hatteria. | |
-3 letters: arietta, ariette, hektare, hetaera, hetaira, iterate, kithara, theater, theatre, thereat. | |
-4 letters: aerate, aether, attire, either, hatter, heater, hereat, hitter, karate, ratite, reheat, retake, takahe, tether, threat, tither. | |
-5 letters: aerie, airth, areae, arete, arhat, atria, attar, earth, eater, ether, haika, hater, heart, hiker, irate, ither, karat, kiter, kithe, krait, rakee, rathe, reata, retia. | |
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