airborne

adjective

1. 1

   In or carried by the air.

   Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.

   A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

2. 2

   In flight.

   There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack.

3. 3

   Fitted to an aircraft.

   airborne radar

4. 4

   Transported by air in an aircraft.

   airborne troops

noun

1. 1

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

Forms

plural

airbornes