Pronunciations
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/vɛnt/
Noun
An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
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the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould
According to geologists who work in the area, the vents at Castello Aragonese have been spewing carbon dioxide for at least several hundred years, maybe longer.
A small aperture.
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Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents.
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There, at one Paſſage, oft you might ſurvey / A Lye and Truth contending for the vvay; / And long 'tvvas doubtful, both ſo cloſely pent, / VVhich firſt ſhould iſſue thro the narrovv Vent: […]
An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
A slit in the seam of a garment.
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
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In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
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without the vent of words
Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel.
Discharge, efflux
Usage- Obsolete
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Whenever, in cases of the morbus mucosus, the vent of urine is impeded, or if the urine itself is morbid in quality, the result […] is that there is a sense of heat and pain in the medulla spinalis, which is opposite to the kidneys.
she had two more teeth out, with vent of pus from bicuspid
Verb
To allow gases to escape.
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The stove vents to the outside.
To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
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In the engine room, the changing angle dropped the melted core to the deck. The hot mass attacked the steel deck first, burning through that, then the titanium of the hull. Five seconds later the engine room was vented to the sea. The Politovskiy's largest compartment filled rapidly with water. This destroyed what little reserve buoyancy the ship had, and the acute down-angle returned. The Alfa began her last dive.
To allow to escape through a vent.
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Exhaust is vented to the outside.
To express a strong emotion.
Usage- Intransitive
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He vents his anger violently.
Can we talk? I need to vent.
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He inveighed against the folly of making oneself liable for the debts of others; vented many bitter execrations against the brother; and concluded with wishing something could be done for the unfortunate family.
But the demonstrators remained defiant, pouring into the streets by the thousands and venting their anger over political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the World Cup and the Olympics.
“They won’t shut the fuck up about it,” Trump privately vented — referring to conservative influencers and media types lashing out over the Epstein memo — according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
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Seest, howe brag yond Bullocke beares, So smirke, so smoothe, his pricked eares?[…] See howe he venteth into the wynd.
To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
Usage- Transitive
Of an otter: to emerge from the water to breathe in air.
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To use a vent in the video game Among Us.
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We suspect they’ve vented to medbay and are intending to use some kind of surgical tools to ‘upgrade’ the original Among Us with a bunch of cool new features and levels, instead of starting over from scratch with the sequel.
“Among Us” has become ingrained into Generation Z’s culture in such a way that phrases such as “yellow is sus,” “purple vented” or “skip vote” are part of our daily vernacular.
When you’re venting as an impostor, you’ll be able to peer through the grille to see who’s passing by.
Noun
Ventriloquism.
Verb
To sell; to vend.
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Therefore did those nations […]vent such spice.
Noun
A baiting place; an inn.
Usage- Obsolete
Verb
To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
Usage- Colloquial
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Noun
a hole for the escape of gas or air
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external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
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a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
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activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
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she had no other outlet for her feelings
he gave vent to his anger
Verb
give expression or utterance to
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She vented her anger
The graduates gave vent to cheers
expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
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air the old winter clothes
air out the smoke-filled rooms