airing
noun
- act/process of exposing to outdoor air, ventilating
- act/process of making public, causing to be widely visible, transmitting or broadcasting
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɛəɹɪŋ/ / [ˈɛː-] / /ˈɛɹɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: From air (“substance constituting Earth’s atmosphere”, noun) and air (“to bring (something) into contact with the air; to let fresh air into (a place); to make public (an opinion, etc.); to broadcast (something)”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like terms from verbs, denoting acts of doing something, actions, or the embodiment of action; and forming the present participles of verbs).
- Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
“Hee'll ſend ſuch vvord, for ayring o' the houſe / As you ſhall haue ſufficient time, to quit it.”
“Ventilation. […] [A] vvinnovving, or airing in the vvind; […]”
- Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
“[R]yde out your Horſe euery night, two howers after Sunne ſette, ⁊ abide abroade with him three howres at the leaſt, not exceeding foote-pace, which we call night ayrings.”
“Touching ayring or vvalking of grey-hounds, vvhich is a great nouriſher and increaſer of vvinde, it muſt devvlie be done euerie morning before ſunne-riſe, and euery euening before ſunne ſet in […]”
- Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
“According to this my vvarrant heere, I muſt this morning fetch my priſoner to ayring, hee had need bee hung out, leaſt his fleſh ſhould mould, for I am ſure, his clothes are muſtie already; […]”
“Hovv do you like / Your ayring? is it not a fauour?”
- An act of broadcasting a radio or television show; a broadcasting.
“Seldom was he [Sanford Clark] seen, and almost never were his recordings given mass airings.”
- Public disclosure or discussion of a subject, or expression of an opinion; (countable) an instance of this.
“airing of grievances”
“I really felt that I was justified in giving my irritability an airing by curious allusions to Janet; yet, though I made him wince, it was impossible to touch his conscience.”
verb
Etymology: From air (“substance constituting Earth’s atmosphere”, noun) and air (“to bring (something) into contact with the air; to let fresh air into (a place); to make public (an opinion, etc.); to broadcast (something)”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming nouns or noun-like terms from verbs, denoting acts of doing something, actions, or the embodiment of action; and forming the present participles of verbs).
- present participle and gerund of air.