vent

Noun

• activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
  • she had no other outlet for her feelings
    
  • he gave vent to his anger
    

• a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)

• a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

• external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate

• a hole for the escape of gas or air

Verb

• expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
  • air the old winter clothes
    
  • air out the smoke-filled rooms
    

• give expression or utterance to
  • She vented her anger
    
  • The graduates gave vent to cheers
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  release , outlet , volcano , venthole , vent-hole , blowhole , ventilate , air out , air , give vent