Vent Definition

vĕnt
vented, venting, vents
noun
vents
The action of escaping or passing out, or the means or opportunity to do this; issue; outlet.
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Expression; release.
Giving vent to emotion.
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A hole or opening to permit passage or escape, as of a gas.
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An opening on or beneath the dashboard having a number of slats, often adjustable, for regulating the passage of air into a motor vehicle.
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In early guns, the small hole at the breech through which a spark passes to set off the charge.
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verb
vented, venting, vents
To give release or expression to one's thoughts or feelings.
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To allow (steam, gas, etc.) to escape through an opening.
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To make a vent in or provide a vent for.
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To give release or expression to (thoughts or feelings)
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To relieve or unburden (oneself) by giving vent to feelings.
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Other Word Forms of Vent

Noun

Singular:
vent
Plural:
vents

Origin of Vent

  • Partly from French vent (from Old French) and partly alteration of French évent (from Old French esvent) (from esventer to let out air) (from Vulgar Latin exventāre) (Latin ex- ex–) (Latin ventus wind wē- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English vente alteration (probably influenced by Old French vent wind) of fente from Old French slit from fendre to split open from Latin findere fission

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Partly from French vent, from Latin ventus and party from French éventer.

    From Wiktionary

  • Spanish venta (“a poor inn, sale, market"). See vent (“sale").

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  • French vente, from Latin vendere (“to sell").

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  • Clipping of ventriloquism

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