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Meaning of vent in English ventnoun uk /vent/ us /vent/

vent noun (OPENING)

Add to word list Add to word list [ C ] a small opening that allows air, smoke, or gas to enter or leave a closed space: If you have a gas fire in a room, you should have some kind of outside vent.   Lina Moiseienko/iStock/Getty Image Plus/GettyImages [ C ] a cut in the bottom of a piece of clothing to allow the person wearing it to move more easily: The skirt is long and straight with two side vents.   drbimages/E+/GettyImages Parts of buildings: vents & ventilation
  • air con
  • air conditioner
  • air conditioning
  • air-conditioned
  • air-cooler
  • chiller
  • chimney pot
  • chimney stack
  • circulator
  • cooler
  • dehumidify
  • duct
  • ducting
  • extractor
  • flue
  • un-air-conditioned
  • unventilated
  • ventilated
  • ventilation
  • ventilator
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Parts of clothes

vent noun (EXPRESS FEELINGS)

give vent to something C2 to express a negative emotion in a forceful and often unfair way: The meeting will be an opportunity for everyone to give vent to their feelings. See more ventverb [ I or T ] uk /vent/ us /vent/

vent verb [I or T] (NEGATIVE EMOTION)

C2 to express a negative emotion in a forceful and often unfair way: vent your frustration/anger/rage/spleen on someone Please don't shout - there's no need to vent your frustration/anger/rage/spleen on me. I didn't mean to upset anyone, I just needed to vent. Expressing and showing feelings
  • abandon
  • affect
  • affective
  • affectively
  • be in/get into a state idiom
  • erupt
  • feelingly
  • find expression
  • fling up your hands idiom
  • flush with something
  • flushed
  • gleam
  • marvel
  • microexpression
  • moved
  • overemote
  • overflow
  • someone's face is a picture idiom
  • unload
  • whoop
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vent verb [I or T] (AIR)

[ often passive ] to cause or allow air, smoke, or gas to enter or leave a closed space, or to provide a way of doing this: The dryer should be vented to the outside using a metal duct. Smoke from the grill was not being vented properly.
  • Powerful fans vent gases away from their faces.
  • Venting a clothes dryer into the area is not recommended.
  • Methane needs to be vented from the mine to protect miners from explosions.
  • It's a good idea to install fans vented to the outdoors in kitchens and bathrooms.
Parts of buildings: vents & ventilation
  • air con
  • air conditioner
  • air conditioning
  • air-conditioned
  • air-cooler
  • chiller
  • chimney pot
  • chimney stack
  • circulator
  • cooler
  • dehumidify
  • duct
  • ducting
  • extractor
  • flue
  • un-air-conditioned
  • unventilated
  • ventilated
  • ventilation
  • ventilator
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vent | American Dictionary

ventnoun [ C ] us /vent/

vent noun [C] (OPENING)

Add to word list Add to word list an opening that allows air, smoke, or gas to escape or enter an enclosed space: The residents of the basement apartment ran outside after smelling smoke coming through a vent. ventverb [ T ] us /vent/

vent verb [T] (EXPRESS FEELINGS)

to express a negative emotion forcefully: Walking relieves a lot of tension and it’s a good way to vent frustration. (Definition of vent from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of vent

vent The same bread-maker also did not include any cooling vents. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, at cold seeps, unlike hydrothermal vents, most of the chemical energy occurs in the form of hydrocarbons. From the Cambridge English Corpus Conversely, under oxidizing conditions they do not form at all or do so only in small amounts in hydrothermal vents or in localized hydrogen-rich regions. From the Cambridge English Corpus The whole appliance is continually vented with forced air to prevent ozone accumulation in the path of the beam. From the Cambridge English Corpus Regularly scheduled ambassadorial conversations provided a mechanism for venting rage, providing and obtaining explanations, exploring and even inching toward resolution of differences. From the Cambridge English Corpus Since the prevailing wind is also from the south-west, this approach avoids the potential problem of positive pressure on exhaust air vents. From the Cambridge English Corpus The beam is turned off, the vacuum valve closed and the chamber vented to air. From the Cambridge English Corpus Hearing of these cases the community feels reassured ; tension about injustice is vented. From the Cambridge English Corpus The reservoir was vented to the ambient pressure through a small orifice. From the Cambridge English Corpus Many respondents reading communist texts vented vehement hostility. From the Cambridge English Corpus Every breadmaker has vents for the release of hot air/vapour. From the Cambridge English Corpus Significantly, however, the collection and analysis of parasitological data from deep-sea vents is of significance well beyond that of the field of parasitology. From the Cambridge English Corpus Each room was independently vented and no air was recirculated. From the Cambridge English Corpus More than ten major explosive eruptions vented moderately large volumes (1-10 km3) of phonolitic magma during the last two cycles. From the Cambridge English Corpus In more humid conditions, the ridge vents are closed, and downdraught cooling is induced by cooling coils located just below the ridge. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of vent These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with vent

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air ventThere is an air vent at the vertex, so there is the same pressure on both free boundaries when two are present. From the Cambridge English Corpus exhaust ventCooking may be limited to warming food on an exhaust vent; and buckets may be used for bathing, laundry, and sanitary waste. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. steam ventOn modern pressure cookers, food residues blocking the steam vent or the liquid boiling dry will trigger additional safety devices. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with vent What is the pronunciation of vent?

Translations of vent

in Chinese (Traditional) 開口, 通風口, 排氣口… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 开口, 通风口, 排气口… See more in Spanish conducto de ventilación, respiradero, abertura… See more in Portuguese saída, abertura, descarregar… See more in Marathi in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish नकारात्मक भावना एखाद्या माणसावर, वस्तूवर व्यक्त करणे… See more delik, ağız, havalık… See more conduit [masculine], décharger, évent… See more 通気口（つうきこう）, 発散（はっさん）させる… See more opening, gat, afreageren… See more ஒரு எதிர்மறை உணர்ச்சியை வலுவான மற்றும் பெரும்பாலும் நியாயமற்ற முறையில் வெளிப்படுத்துதல்… See more (प्रायः उग्र और अनुचित तरह से एक नकारात्मक भावना द्वारा) भड़ास निकालना… See more આક્રોશ ઠાલવવો… See more lufthul, give luft for… See more hål, öppning, utlopp… See more bolong, lubang, melepaskan… See more das Abzugsloch, auslassen… See more ventil [masculine], luftehull [neuter], gi utløp for… See more غصہ کرنا, بھڑاس نکالنا… See more вентиляційний отвір, душник, випускати пар… See more ప్రతికూల భావోద్వేగాలను బలవంతంగా, తరచుగా అన్యాయంగా వ్యక్తీకరించు… See more জোরপূর্বক এবং প্রায়ই অন্যায্য উপায়ে নেতিবাচক আবেগ প্রকাশ করা… See more větrací otvor, vylít si… See more lubang angin, melampiaskan… See more ช่องลม, ทำช่องระบายออก… See more lỗ thông, mở lỗ thông hơi… See more otwór lub kanał wentylacyjny, otwór wentylacyjny, dać upust… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of vent

  • vol-au-vent
  • hydrothermal vent
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    • Noun 
      • vent (OPENING)
      • vent (EXPRESS FEELINGS)
      • give vent to something
    • Verb 
      • vent (NEGATIVE EMOTION)
      • vent (AIR)
  • American   
    • Noun 
      • vent (OPENING)
    • Verb 
      • vent (EXPRESS FEELINGS)
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