Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it. · To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate. · To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion). · To broadcast (a television show etc.).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air From Middle English aire, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Displaced native Old English lyft. More at lift, loft.
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"To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.",
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