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OPEN AIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Where the air is unconfined
Example:
camping in the open
Synonyms:
open; open air; out-of-doors; outdoors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("open air" is a kind of...):
exterior; outside (the region that is outside of something)
Context examples:
He was busy, he was much in the open air, he did good; his face seemed to open and brighten, as if with an inward consciousness of service; and for more than two months, the doctor was at peace.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
You will excuse this informal reception in the open air, but my friend Watson and I have nearly furnished an additional chapter to what the papers call the Cornish Horror, and we prefer a clear atmosphere for the present.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Again we passed the strange rooms, the gilded monsters, and the gorgeous footmen, and it was with relief that I found myself out in the open air once more, with the broad blue sea in front of us, and the fresh evening breeze upon our faces.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From this time my constant practice was, as soon as I rose, to perform that business in open air, at the full extent of my chain; and due care was taken every morning before company came, that the offensive matter should be carried off in wheel-barrows, by two servants appointed for that purpose.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
No one can conceive the anguish I suffered during the remainder of the night, which I spent, cold and wet, in the open air.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
‘Then I’ll wait in the open air, for I feel half choked,’ says he. ‘I’ll be back before long.’
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I was similarly equipped, and, following the stream, I made my way into the open air.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Now there is a solemn hush, which we have brought from home with what is resting in the mould; and while we stand bareheaded, I hear the voice of the clergyman, sounding remote in the open air, and yet distinct and plain, saying: I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
During January, February, and part of March, the deep snows, and, after their melting, the almost impassable roads, prevented our stirring beyond the garden walls, except to go to church; but within these limits we had to pass an hour every day in the open air.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I slept two nights in the open air, and wandered about two days without crossing a threshold: but twice in that space of time did I taste food; and it was when brought by hunger, exhaustion, and despair almost to the last gasp, that you, Mr. Rivers, forbade me to perish of want at your door, and took me under the shelter of your roof.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
