Associations to the word «Airborne»

Wiktionary

AIRBORNE, adjective. In or carried by the air.
AIRBORNE, adjective. In flight.
AIRBORNE, adjective. Fitted to an aircraft; e.g. airborne radar.
AIRBORNE, adjective. Transported by air in an aircraft; e.g. airborne troops.
AIRBORNE, noun. Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.

Dictionary definition

AIRBORNE, adjective. Moved or conveyed by or through air.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats