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ALL meanings of vent

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  • noun vent a slit in the back or side of a coat, jacket, or other garment, at the bottom part of a seam. 1
  • verb with object vent to give free play or expression to (an emotion, passion, etc.): to vent rage. 1
  • verb with object vent to give public utterance to: to vent one's opinions. 1
  • verb with object vent to relieve by giving expression to something: He vented his disappointment by criticizing his successor. 1
  • verb with object vent to release or discharge (liquid, smoke, etc.). 1
  • verb with object vent to furnish or provide with a vent or vents. 1
  • verb without object vent to be relieved of pressure or discharged by means of a vent. 1
  • verb without object vent (of an otter or other animal) to rise to the surface of the water to breathe. 1
  • noun vent for air or other gas 1
  • transitive verb vent sb: anger, frustration 1
  • intransitive verb vent release anger, frustration 1
  • noun vent in earth 1
  • noun vent split at back of garment 1
  • transitive verb vent air, gasses 1
  • noun vent An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass. 0
  • noun vent A small aperture. 0
  • noun vent The opening of a volcano from which lava flows. 0
  • noun vent A verbalized frustration. 0
  • noun vent The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates. 0
  • noun vent A slit in the seam of a garment. 0
  • noun vent The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole. 0
  • noun vent In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet. 0
  • noun vent Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet. 0
  • noun vent Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance. 0
  • noun vent Ventriloquism. 0
  • noun vent sale; opportunity to sell; market. 0
  • noun vent (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A baiting place; an inn. 0
  • verb vent (Intransitive Verb) To allow gases to escape. 0
  • verb vent (Transitive Verb) To allow to escape through a vent. 0
  • verb vent (Transitive Verb) VI To express a strong emotion. 0
  • verb vent To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. 0
  • verb vent To sell; to vend. 0
  • countable noun vent A vent is a hole in something through which air can come in and smoke, gas, or smells can go out. 0
  • verb vent If you vent your feelings, you express them forcefully. 0
  • noun vent a small opening for the passage or escape of fumes, liquids, etc 0
  • noun vent the shaft of a volcano or an aperture in the earth's crust through which lava and gases erupt 0
  • noun vent the external opening of the urinary or genital systems of lower vertebrates 0
  • noun vent a small aperture at the breech of old guns through which the charge was ignited 0
  • noun vent an exit, escape, or passage 0
  • verb vent to release or give expression or utterance to (an emotion, idea, etc) 0
  • verb vent to provide a vent for or make vents in 0
  • verb vent to let out (steam, liquid, etc) through a vent 0
  • noun vent a vertical slit at the back or both sides of a jacket 0
  • verb vent to make a vent or vents in (a jacket) 0
  • noun vent the action of escaping or passing out, or the means or opportunity to do this; issue; outlet 0
  • noun vent expression; release 0
  • noun vent a small hole or opening to permit passage or escape, as of a gas 0
  • noun vent a small triangular window or, now esp., an opening on or beneath the dashboard, for letting air into the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle 0
  • noun vent in early guns, the small hole at the breech through which a spark passes to set off the charge 0
  • noun vent the opening in a volcano from which gas and molten rock erupt 0
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