vent

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vent

She opened the window to vent the stuffy room.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • An opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space: A hole or pipe designed for escape or entry.
    • The expression or release of a strong emotion, idea, etc.: An outlet for pent-up feelings or creative energy.
    • (Geology) An opening in the earth's crust from which volcanic material erupts: The crater or fissure of a volcano.
    • (Zoology) The excretory opening in animals such as birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish: The cloacal aperture.

  2. Verb:

    • To give free expression to a strong emotion: To release or express something, especially anger or frustration.
    • To allow air to circulate through something: To expose to fresh air.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The dryer has a vent to release hot air outside.
    • Writing poetry became a vent for her sorrow.
    • Lava flowed from the volcanic vent.
    • The biologist examined the bird's vent.

  • Verb:

    • He needed to vent his frustration after the difficult meeting.
    • She vented the room by opening all the windows.
Advanced Usage
  • "to give vent to": To express a powerful emotion freely and forcefully.
    • The protest gave vent to public anger over the policy.
  • "to vent one's spleen": To express one's anger in a forceful way.
    • He spent the meeting venting his spleen about the budget cuts.
Variants and Related Words
  • Ventilation (n): The provision of fresh air to a room or building.
    • The office has poor ventilation.
  • Vented (adj): Having an opening or openings for air passage.
    • He wore a vented jacket for hiking.
Synonyms
  • Noun (opening): Duct, flue, aperture.
  • Noun (expression): Outlet, release.
  • Verb (express): Air, voice, express, unleash.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Vent on (someone): To express one's anger, often unfairly, towards a person.
    • I know you're upset, but please don't vent on me.
Related Idioms
  • A safety valve: Something that provides a harmless outlet for strong feelings (conceptually related to "vent").
    • For him, running is a safety valve, a way to vent daily stress.
vent

She opened the window to vent the stuffy room.

Noun
  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. a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
  3. a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
  4. external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
  5. a hole for the escape of gas or air
Verb
  1. expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
    • air the old winter clothes
    • air out the smoke-filled rooms
  2. give expression or utterance to
    • She vented her anger
    • The graduates gave vent to cheers

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