"aerial" in the noun sense
1. forward pass, aerial
a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
2. antenna, aerial, transmitting aerial
an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals
"aerial" in the adjective sense
1. aerial
existing or living or growing or operating in the air
"aerial roots of a philodendron"
"aerial particles"
"small aerial creatures such as butterflies"
"aerial warfare"
"aerial photography"
"aerial cable cars"
2. aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal
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"
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