AIR OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air out mean? 

• AIR OUT (verb)
  The verb AIR OUT has 2 senses:

1. expose to fresh air

2. expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen

  Familiarity information: AIR OUT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIR OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Expose to fresh air

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

aerate; air; air out

Context example:

aerate your old sneakers

Hypernyms (to "air out" is one way to...):

expose (expose or make accessible to some action or influence)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

air; air out; vent; ventilate

Context example:

air out the smoke-filled rooms

Hypernyms (to "air out" is one way to...):

freshen; refresh (make (to feel) fresh)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

For anything I know, he was eating something to keep the raw morning air out; but he made motions with his mouth as if the pear were ripe already, and he were smacking his lips over it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)