Definition of VENT

vent

Plural: vents

Noun

  • a hole for the escape of gas or air
  • external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
  • a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
  • a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
  • activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
    • "he gave vent to his anger"
  • An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
  • A small aperture.
  • An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
  • A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
  • The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
  • A slit in the seam of a garment.
  • The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
  • In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
  • Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
  • Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
  • Ventriloquism.
  • A baiting place; an inn.
  • Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.

Verb

Verb Forms: vented, venting, vents

  • To express or release feelings; to provide an opening for escape.
  • give expression or utterance to
    • "She vented her anger"
    • "The graduates gave vent to cheers"
  • expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
  • To allow gases to escape.
  • To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
  • To allow to escape through a vent.
  • To express a strong emotion.
  • To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
  • To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
  • To use a vent in the video game Among Us.
  • To sell; to vend.
  • To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.

Examples

  • Can we talk? I need to vent.
  • Exhaust is vented to the outside.
  • He needed to VENT his frustration after drawing three ’U’s in a row.
  • He vents his anger violently.
  • I have adjusted the vent settings.
  • The stove vents to the outside.
  • the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould

Origin / Etymology

Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.

Synonyms

air, air out, blowhole, give vent, outlet, release, vent-hole, venthole, ventilate, volcano, touch hole

Scrabble Score: 7

vent: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vent: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vent: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

vent: valid Words With Friends Word