# airs

Pronunciation: say "AIRZ" US /ɛəɹz/, UK /ɛəz/, AUS /eːz/

## Noun

1. Affected manners that someone puts on to impress others or seem superior.
   - Simple: Fake behavior meant to make you seem more important than you really are.
   - _Her relatives resented the airs she adopted after marrying into wealth._
   - _The new manager's airs grated on everyone within a week._
2. Plural of air. — plural of air
   - Simple: Plural of air. Use this form when there is more than one.
   - _The musician collected dozens of traditional airs from the highlands._
   - _Sweet airs from the courtyard reached the upper windows._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of air. — third-person singular simple present indicative of air
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of air. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _Each morning she airs the bedroom before breakfast._
   - _The network airs the program at nine o'clock on weeknights._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/airs (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).