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vent (v.)
1.cause to go away through effort or work"work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays" "we must work off the debt"
2.expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen"air the old winter clothes" "air out the smoke-filled rooms"
3.give expression or utterance to"She vented her anger" "The graduates gave vent to cheers"
vent (n.)
1.activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion"she had no other outlet for her feelings" "he gave vent to his anger"
2.external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
3.a hole for the escape of gas or air
4.a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
5.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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Merriam Webster
VentVent (vĕnt), n. [F. vente, fr. L. vendere, -itum, to sell; perh. confused with E. vent an opening. See Vend.] Sale; opportunity to sell; market. [Obs.] Shelton.
There is no vent for any commodity but of wool. Sir W. Temple.
VentVent, v. t. To sell; to vend. [Obs.]
Therefore did those nations vent such spice. Sir W. Raleigh.
VentVent, n. [Sp. venta a poor inn, sale, market. See Vent sale.] A baiting place; an inn. [Obs.]
VentVent, v. i. [Cf. F. venter to blow, vent wind (see Ventilate); but prob influenced by E. vent an opening.] To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. [Obs.] Spenser.
VentVent (vĕnt), n. [OE. fent, fente, a slit, F. fente a slit, cleft, fissure, from fendre to split, L. findere; but probably confused with F. vent wind, L. ventus. See Fissure, and cf. Vent to snuff.]
1. A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent.
Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. Shak.
Long 't was doubtful, both so closely pent,
Which first should issue from the narrow vent. Pope.
2. Specifically: --
(a) (Zoöl.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
(b) (Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
(c) (Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
3. Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
4. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
Without the vent of words. Milton.
Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel. Shak.
To give vent to, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour forth; as, to give vent to anger. -- To take vent, to escape; to be made public. [R.] -- Vent feather (Zoöl.), one of the anal, or crissal, feathers of a bird. -- Vent field (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent. -- Vent piece. (Gun.) (a) A bush. See 4th Bush, n., 2. (b) A breech block.
VentVent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vented; p. pr. & vb. n. Venting.]
1. To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.
2. To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
The queen of heaven did thus her fury vent. Dryden.
3. To utter; to report; to publish. [Obs.]
By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies. Milton.
Thou hast framed and vented very curious orations. Barrow.
4. To scent, as a hound. [Obs.] Turbervile.
5. To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
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vent (n.)
opening, orifice, porta[Hyper.]
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freshen, refresh[Hyper.]
discharge, venting - blowhole, vent, venthole, vent-hole - fan, ventilator[Dérivé]
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