| aerial | | |
| n. (act) | 1. aerial, forward pass | a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer. |
| ~ passing, passing game, passing play, pass | (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate.; "the coach sent in a passing play on third and long" |
| ~ flare pass, flare | a short forward pass to a back who is running toward the sidelines.; "he threw a flare to the fullback who was tackled for a loss" |
| ~ screen pass | a short forward pass in which the receiver is protected by a screen of blockers. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. aerial, antenna, transmitting aerial | an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals. |
| ~ dipole antenna, dipole | an aerial half a wavelength long consisting of two rods connected to a transmission line at the center. |
| ~ directional antenna | an antenna that transmits or receives signals only in a narrow angle. |
| ~ electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity. |
| ~ nondirectional antenna, omnidirectional antenna | an antenna that sends or receives signals equally in all directions. |
| ~ receiver, receiving system | set that receives radio or tv signals. |
| ~ sender, transmitter | set used to broadcast radio or tv signals. |
| adj. | 3. 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" |
| ~ phytology, botany | the branch of biology that studies plants. |
| ~ free-flying | able to fly through the air (as a bird).; "three chicks were raised to the free-flying stage" |
| adj. | 4. aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air.; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms" |
| ~ insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal | lacking material form or substance; unreal.; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" |
| antenna | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. antenna, feeler | sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ.; "he had a special antenna for public relations" |
| ~ sensitiveness, sensitivity | the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment. |
| n. (animal) | 2. antenna, feeler | one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste. |
| ~ tentacle | any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion. |
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