aerial

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aërial regions or currents; the aërial maneuvers of a fighter plane.
	2.	Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
	3.	Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aërial spires.
	4.	Growing, forming, living, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants; the aerial roots of a philodendron.
	5.	Light as air; ethereal.
	6.	operating or operated overhead especially on elevated cables.
	7.	operating or moving in the air. Aerial acid carbonic acid. Aerial perspective See Perspective. - Ure.
n.	1.	(Football) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.
	2.	a metallic wire, rod, or combination of rods connected to an electronic device, designed to send or receive radio or television signals.

Noun	1.	aerial - a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer Synonyms: forward pass
	2.	aerial - an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals Synonyms: antenna, transmitting aerial
Adj.	1.	aerial - in or belonging to the air or operating (for or by means of aircraft or elevated cables) in the air; "aerial particles"; "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "aerial warfare"; "aerial photography"; "aerial cable cars"
	2.	aerial - growing in air; "aerial roots of a philodendron"
	3.	aerial - characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" Synonyms: aery, ethereal, aeriform, airy

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