'Vent' definitions:
Definition of 'vent'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
External opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
noun
A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt [syn: vent, volcano]
noun
A slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
noun
Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger" [syn: release, outlet, vent]
verb
Give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers" [syn: vent, ventilate, give vent]
verb
Definition of 'Vent'
From: GCIDE
- Vent \Vent\ (v[e^]nt), 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. [1913 Webster]
- Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Long 't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which first should issue from the narrow vent. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) (Zool.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes. [1913 Webster] (b) (Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole. [1913 Webster] (c) (Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance. [1913 Webster]
- Without the vent of words. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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 (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vent'
From: GCIDE
- Vent \Vent\, 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint. [1913 Webster]
- The queen of heaven did thus her fury vent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To utter; to report; to publish. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Thou hast framed and vented very curious orations. --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To scent, as a hound. [Obs.] --Turbervile. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vent'
From: GCIDE
- Vent \Vent\ (v[e^]nt), 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. [1913 Webster]
- There is no vent for any commodity but of wool. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vent'
From: GCIDE
- Vent \Vent\, v. t. To sell; to vend. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Therefore did those nations vent such spice. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vent'
From: GCIDE
- Vent \Vent\, n. [Sp. venta a poor inn, sale, market. See Vent sale.] A baiting place; an inn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vent'
From: GCIDE
- Vent \Vent\, 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air,
- air duct,
- air hole,
- air passage,
- air shaft,
- air tube,
- airway,
- announce,
- aperture,
- armhole,
- articulate,
- articulation,
- assert,
- avenue,
- blow,
- blow out,
- blowhole,
- blurt out,
- break,
- break it to,
- break the news,
- breakout,
- breathe,
- breathing hole,
- broadcast,
- brolly,
- bullet-hole,
- bunghole,
- cast out,
- channel,
- chute,
- clean out,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear off,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- come out with,
- communicate,
- confide,
- confide to,
- cringle,
- deadeye,
- debouch,
- declare,
- defecate,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- deplete,
- discharge,
- divulgate,
- divulge,
- door,
- drain,
- drogue chute,
- duct,
- dump,
- egress,
- eject,
- eliminate,
- emanation,
- emergence,
- emersion,
- emission,
- emit,
- empty,
- empty out,
- emunctory,
- enunciate,
- escape,
- escapism,
- estuary,
- evacuate,
- evasion,
- evulgate,
- exhaust,
- exit,
- expel,
- express,
- extrication,
- extrusion,
- eye,
- eyelet,
- fissure,
- flight,
- floodgate,
- flue,
- flume,
- freeing,
- fumarole,
- funnel,
- gasket,
- getaway,
- give,
- give off,
- give out,
- give vent to,
- grommet,
- guide,
- harness,
- hole,
- inlet,
- issuance,
- issue,
- jailbreak,
- keyhole,
- knothole,
- leak,
- leakage,
- let get around,
- let go,
- let in on,
- let loose,
- let out,
- liberation,
- loop,
- loophole,
- loose,
- louver,
- louverwork,
- make known,
- make public,
- manhole,
- mousehole,
- naris,
- nostril,
- opening,
- orifice,
- out,
- out with,
- outcome,
- outfall,
- outgate,
- outgo,
- outlet,
- pack,
- parachute,
- parachute jump,
- passage,
- peephole,
- pigeonhole,
- pinhole,
- pipe,
- placket,
- placket hole,
- pore,
- port,
- porthole,
- prisonbreak,
- proclaim,
- pronounce,
- publish,
- punch-hole,
- purge,
- put,
- release,
- remove,
- rescue,
- reveal,
- riddance,
- sally port,
- scour out,
- setting-free,
- shaft,
- shroud lines,
- sky dive,
- slit,
- slot,
- sluice,
- spilehole,
- spiracle,
- spout,
- state,
- statement,
- surfacing,
- sweep out,
- tap,
- tell,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- touchhole,
- transom,
- umbrella,
- unclog,
- unfoul,
- unleash,
- utter,
- utterance,
- ventage,
- venthole,
- ventiduct,
- ventilate,
- ventilating shaft,
- ventilator,
- verbalization,
- verbalize,
- vocalization,
- voice,
- void,
- vomitory,
- way out,
- weir,
- wind tunnel