Airborne Definition

ârbôrn
adjective
Carried by or through the air.
Airborne bacteria, airborne troops.
Webster's New World
Transported in aircraft.
Airborne troops.
American Heritage
Supported only by aerodynamic forces; aloft or flying.
Webster's New World
In flight; flying.
The plane is airborne.
American Heritage

In or carried by the air.

Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.
Wiktionary
noun

Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.

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Other Word Forms of Airborne

Noun

Singular:
airborne
Plural:
airbornes

Origin of Airborne

  • Attested since the 1640s; air +‎ borne

    From Wiktionary

Airborne Sentence Examples

  • The airborne bacteria infected all of the people on the trip.

  • He pulled the chair out to offer her, and in doing so sent it airborne, into the opposite wall, where it splintered into pieces and cracked the plaster.

  • The airborne jet plane was speeding through the air, full of anxious passengers ready to be at their destinations.

  • The rough track he followed ceased to exist, as if the vehicle had become airborne in its terrible fall.

  • Now it will take time and practice to learn how to keep the ball airborne.

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