A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.
Starting fluid.
Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
The medium breathed by human beings; the air.
Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
To viciously humiliate or insult.
The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
Dress; gear; ornaments.
The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
Sexual intercourse.
Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
To dress; to make smooth.
To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
In good order; properly managed or maintained.
With sails well trimmed.
Physically fit.
Neat or smart in appearance.
Slender, lean.