Meaning of வாயு in English

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state.
A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.
Laughing gas.
Any irrespirable aeriform fluid.
State of being gaseous.
In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aeriform fluid.
Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.
of Gash
of Gasify
To convert into gas, or an aeriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.
To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state.
of Gasp
To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.
To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.
Boasting; insincere or empty talk.
Full of gas; like gas. Hence: [Colloq.] Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.
To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast.
The state of being pneumatic, or of having a cavity or cavities filled with air; as, the pneumaticity of the bones of birds.