'Ventilate' definitions:
Definition of 'ventilate'
From: WordNet
verb
Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms" [syn: vent, ventilate, air out, air]
verb
Expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage; "Wheat should be well ventilated"
verb
Circulate through and freshen; "The gust of air ventilated the room"
verb
Give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers" [syn: vent, ventilate, give vent]
verb
Furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space"
Definition of 'Ventilate'
From: GCIDE
- Ventilate \Ven"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ventilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Ventilating.] [L. ventilatus, p. p. of ventilare to toss, brandish in the air, to fan, to winnow, from ventus wind; akin to E. wind. See Wind rushing air.]
- 1. To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To change or renew, as the air of a room. --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy. --Ayliffe. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To give vent to; to utter; to make public. [1913 Webster]
- Macaulay took occasion to ventilate one of those startling, but not very profound, paradoxes. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ventilate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aerate,
- air,
- air out,
- air-condition,
- air-cool,
- airify,
- analyze,
- break it to,
- break the news,
- breathe,
- bring up,
- broach,
- canvass,
- chew the fat,
- chill,
- come out with,
- comment upon,
- confide,
- confide to,
- consider,
- controvert,
- cool,
- cross-ventilate,
- deal with,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- deliberate upon,
- discourse,
- discourse about,
- discuss,
- display,
- divulgate,
- divulge,
- evulgate,
- examine,
- exchange views,
- fan,
- freshen,
- freshen the air,
- fumigate,
- give,
- give out,
- give vent to,
- go into,
- handle,
- ice,
- ice-cool,
- infrigidate,
- introduce,
- investigate,
- knock around,
- let get around,
- let in on,
- let out,
- make known,
- make public,
- moot,
- open up,
- out with,
- oxygenate,
- oxygenize,
- pass under review,
- publish,
- put,
- put out,
- rap,
- reason,
- reason about,
- reason the point,
- refresh,
- refrigerate,
- reveal,
- review,
- sift,
- state,
- study,
- take up,
- talk,
- talk about,
- talk of,
- talk over,
- tell,
- thresh out,
- treat,
- utter,
- vent,
- wind,
- winnow