Vent

Definitions

1. An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
2. Ventriloquism.
3. A baiting place; an inn.
   obsolete
4. Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
5. A surname from Dutch.
6. A small aperture.
7. An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
8. A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
9. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
10. A slit in the seam of a garment.
11. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
12. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
13. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
14. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.

Equivalents

27 more languages

العربيةالمنفسصماممنفذنفسنَفَّسَ عَنهوى+ 3 more

Българскиотвор

Bosanskiотвор

Catalàdesfogar

Češtinajícenkloakaprůduchsopouchvypustitvyvětrat+ 3 more

Suomiaukkohalkiokloaakkipoistuapurkaapurkautuapurkautumisaukkopurkautumistieräppänätuuletusluukkuventtiiliviemärisuoli+ 9 more

Gaeilgegaothairepoll

Gàidhligmàs

Galegobufardabufardofiestratroneira+ 1 more

עבריתאורר

Hrvatskiотвор

MagyarhasítékkiöntkitöltNyilassliccszellőzikszellőztetzúdít+ 5 more

Italianobocchettacaminocloacasfiatatoiosfogarsisfogo+ 3 more

日本語はけぐち

ქართულიგასასვლელი

Kurdîmaş

Latinanarisspīrāmenspiramentumventana+ 1 more

Te Reo Māoriputanga

Македонскиотвор

Nederlandsventileren

Polskirozporek

Portuguêsdesabafarextravasarrespiradouro

Русскийана́льное отве́рстиевентиляцио́нное отве́рстиевыговариватьсявыговоритьсявыпускатьвыпуститьвыражатьвыразитьвыходно́е отве́рстиеже́рло вулка́наизливатьизлитьотдушинасорватьсрывать+ 12 more

Српскиотвор

Svenskadraghålsvickhål

Türkçehavalandırmakyırtmaç

Українськавіддушинаклапан

Examples

“the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould”

“According to geologists who work⟳ in the area, the vents at Castello Aragonese have⟳ been spewing carbon dioxide for at least several hundred years, maybe longer.”

“Look⟳, how thy wounds do bleed⟳ at many vents.”

“There, at one Paſſage, oft you might ſurvey / A Lye and Truth contending for the vvay; / And long 'tvvas doubtful, both ſo cloſely pent, / VVhich firſt ſhould iſſue thro the narrovv Vent: […]”

“without the vent of words”

“Thou didst make⟳ tolerable vent of thy travel⟳.”

“I have⟳ adjusted the vent settings.”

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