Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
Example: the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould
Definition: A small aperture.
Definition: The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
Definition: A verbalized frustration.
Definition: The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
Definition: A slit in the seam of a garment.
Definition: The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
Definition: In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
Definition: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
Definition: Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
verb
Definition: To allow gases to escape.
Example: The stove vents to the outside.
Definition: To allow to escape through a vent.
Example: Exhaust is vented to the outside.
Definition: To express a strong emotion.
Example: Can we talk? I need to vent.
Definition: To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.