Sekirov Dictionary

vent

/vɛnt/

noun14

  1. An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
  2. A small aperture.
  3. An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
  4. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
  5. (informal) Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
  6. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
  7. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
  8. A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
  9. A slit in the seam of a garment.
  10. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
  11. Ventriloquism.
  12. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
  13. (no longer used, rare) Discharge, efflux
  14. (no longer used) A baiting place; an inn.

verb10

  1. To allow gases to escape.
  2. To express a strong emotion.
  3. To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
  4. To allow to escape through a vent.
  5. (informal) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
  6. (slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us.
  7. To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
  8. Of an otter: to emerge from the water to breathe in air.
  9. To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
  10. To sell; to vend.
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vented · venting · venteth · vents

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