air vs close

air

verb
  • To ignore (a person). 

  • To be broadcast. 

  • To broadcast (a television show etc.). 

  • To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic. 

  • To 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. 

noun
  • understood as a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases. 

  • The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space. 

  • understood as a particular local substance with supposed effects on human health. 

  • A song, especially a solo; an aria. 

  • A jump in which one becomes airborne. 

  • A feeling or sense. 

  • The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere 

  • A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality. 

  • Nothing; absence of anything. 

  • Publicity. 

  • A breeze; a gentle wind. 

  • A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general. 

  • An air conditioner or the processed air it produces. 

  • understood as one of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans. 

  • Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others. 

close

verb
  • To turn off; to switch off. 

  • To move to a position allowing electricity to flow. 

  • To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon. 

  • To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing. 

  • To cancel or reverse (a trading position). 

  • To make (e.g. a gap) smaller. 

  • To make a sale. 

  • To move so that an opening is closed. 

  • To grapple; to engage in close combat. 

  • To make the final outs, usually three, of a game. 

  • To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc. 

  • To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine. 

  • To come to an end. 

  • To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate. 

  • To obstruct (an opening). 

  • To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night. 

noun
  • The common staircase in a tenement. 

  • A cathedral close. 

  • The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed 

  • The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy. 

  • The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. 

  • A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor. 

  • An end or conclusion. 

  • A grapple in wrestling. 

  • The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. 

  • The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight. 

  • A double bar marking the end. 

  • A street that ends in a dead end. 

adj
  • Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact. 

  • Marked, evident. 

  • Intimate; well-loved. 

  • Strictly confined; carefully guarded. 

  • Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict. 

  • Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near 

  • Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude. 

  • At a little distance; near. 

  • Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held. 

  • Hot, humid, with no wind. 

  • Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate. 

  • Narrow; confined. 

  • Short. 

  • Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced. 

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