AERIAL

• (noun) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer

  synonyms : forward pass

• (noun) an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals

  synonyms : antenna , transmitting aerial

• (adj.) 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"

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : aeriform , aery , airy , ethereal

  In the middle of the night she was confronted with an airy apparition. -added by naila_inlas

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