Hypertext Webster Gateway: "aired"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Air \Air\ ([^a]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aired} ([^a]rd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Airing}.] [See {Air}, n., and cf. {A[eum]rate}.]
1. To expose to the air for the purpose of cooling,
refreshing, or purifying; to ventilate; as, to air a room.
It were good wisdom . . . that the jail were aired.
--Bacon.
Were you but riding forth to air yourself. --Shak.
2. To expose for the sake of public notice; to display
ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion.
Airing a snowy hand and signet gem. --Tennyson.
3. To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness,
or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
aired
adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn: {airy}]
2: made widely known especially by radio or television; "the
broadcast news"; "everyone heard the broadcast rumors"
[syn: {broadcast}]
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