Vent
[vent] or [vɛnt]
Definition
(noun.) external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate.
(noun.) a hole for the escape of gas or air.
(noun.) a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket).
(noun.) a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt.
(verb.) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; 'air the old winter clothes'; 'air out the smoke-filled rooms'.
(verb.) give expression or utterance to; 'She vented her anger'; 'The graduates gave vent to cheers'.
Typed by Camilla--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
(v. t.) To sell; to vend.
(n.) A baiting place; an inn.
(v. i.) To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
(n.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
(n.) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
(n.) Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
(n.) Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
(v. t.) To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.
(v. t.) To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
(v. t.) To utter; to report; to publish.
(v. t.) To scent, as a hound.
(v. t.) To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
Editor: Stephen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Opening, hole, vent-hole.[2]. Spiracle, air-tube, air-pipe, blowhole.[3]. Emission, passage, outlet, escape.[4]. Discharge, utterance.[5]. Market, sale, opportunity to sell.
v. a. [1]. Emit, pour forth, let out.[2]. Utter, give vent to.
Editor: Pedro
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Outlet, opening, discharge, passage, utterance,[See OPENING]
Checker: Muriel
Definition
n. a small opening to let air &c. escape: the flue of a chimney: the opening in the top of a barrel allowing air to pass in as the liquid is drawn out: a gimlet used to extract a little liquid from a barrel for sampling purposes: discharge: escape: passage into notice: publication utterance voice: the anus of birds and fishes: (mil.) the opening at the breech of a firearm through which fire is conveyed to the charge the touch-hole.—v.t. to give a vent or opening to: to let out as at a vent: to allow to escape: to publish: to pour forth.—ns. Vent′āge (Shak.) a vent a small hole; Ven′tail (Spens.) same as Aventail; Vent′-bush′ing -piece a copper cylinder inserted through the walls of a cannon over the seat of the charge and preventing the escaping gases from injuring the metal near the vent; Vent′er one who vents or publishes.—adj. Ventic′ūlar.—ns. Vent′-peg -plug a plug for stopping the vent of a barrel; Vent′-pipe an escape-pipe.—Give vent to to allow to escape or break out.
n. scent: (hunting) the act of taking breath.—v.i. to sniff snort: to take breath: (Scot.) of a chimney to draw.—Vent up (Spens.) to lift so as to give air.
n. the act of selling sale: market.
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Examples
- Her thinness seemed to be the effect of some wasting fire within her, which found a vent in her gaunt eyes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If the subterranean forces find vent in one place, there is less chance of them breaking out in another. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- If it's any vent to your feelings, collar me again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The cans are then removed, the vent hole closed by a drop of solder, and the goods thus hermetically sealed in a cooked or sterilized condition will keep for a long period of time. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Poor Mrs. Vincy's terror at these indications of danger found vent in such words as came most easily. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Lydgate was wretched--shaken with anger and yet feeling that it would be unmanly to vent the anger just now. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mrs. Bute Crawley and her young ladies in the country had a copy of the Morning Post from town, and gave a vent to their honest indignation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When the extra vents of the reservoir are not used, they can be closed by a short rubber coupling and a pinch cock. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- As they disappeared, the girl sunk down nearly at her full length upon one of the stone stairs, and vented the anguish of her heart in bitter tears. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- At other times the unsettled condition persists, and his spleen is vented not only on the original instigator but upon others who may have occasion to see him, sometimes hours afterward. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He went downstairs, where, by the way, he vented the most horrid curses upon the unoffending footman, his subordinate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Not content with the language of prose, Mr. Winsor vented his thoughts and feelings in numerous poetical effusions. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He menaced rebellion in the name of his counthry, vented bitter hatred against English rule; they spoke of rags, beggary, and pestilence. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The reddleman vented a low humorous laugh when he saw his adversary return with these. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Fred with difficulty restrained himself from venting his irritation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Checker: Noelle