Sekirov Dictionary

airplane

UK /ˈɛəˌpleɪ̯n/US /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/

noun 6
verb 2
forms 6

noun6

(US, Canada) a vehicle that flies, held up by wings that do not move and driven forward by engines
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(US, Canada) One that can carry a person or persons.
- They use airplanes to deliver mail and supplies to the far northern villages.
Any of various small flyable objects that are notionally comparable to such aircraft but aren't powered.
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(US, Canada) A game to encourage small children to eat, in which the parent or carer pretends that a spoonful of food is an aircraft flying into the child's mouth; the spoonful itself.
- Here comes the airplane! Open wide!
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
(no longer used) Synonym of airfoil. An aerodynamic surface.

verb2

To fly in an aeroplane.
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To transport by aeroplane.
- The rod was discarded, and then, hand over hand, the prize of them all was aeroplaned to the top of the cliff. — 1919

forms

aeroplaned · airplaned · aeroplaning · airplaning · aeroplanes · airplanes

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