Antonyms for aired


Grammar : Adj
Spell : air
Phonetic Transcription : ɛər


Definition of aired

Origin :
  • "to expose to open air," 1520s, from air (n.1). Figurative sense of "to expose, make public" is from 1610s of objects, 1862 of opinions, grievances, etc. Meaning "to broadcast" (originally on radio) is from 1933. Related: Aired; airing.
  • adj exposed to the air
  • adj exposed to public attention
Example sentences :
  • The house must be aired and painted and papered, and window-glass set—there's no end!
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • She had aired her new accent and her new clothes a trifle too insolently.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • The skins that made the rest of the bed were outside to be aired.
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
  • These she aired by the fire, and laid them over the mattress when they were quite warm.
  • Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
  • We took it off and aired it, and left the strips as they were, to dry some more in the sun.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • He aired it by the fire, and remarked that it had turned very cold.
  • Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
  • I asked her in the morning if my sheets had been aired, and she said that they had not.
  • Extract from : « Peter and Jane » by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan
  • Everything was scrubbed and scoured and swept and dusted and aired.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Boston » by Amanda Millie Douglas
  • The garments should be removed, aired and vigorously brushed.
  • Extract from : « The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) » by Grant Hague
  • Such articles should be aired by an openwindow during the night.c.
  • Extract from : « How Girls Can Help Their Country » by Juliette Low

Synonyms for aired

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