vent

(Engels)

Noun

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. A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
5. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
6. A slit in the seam of a garment.
7. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
8. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
9. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
10. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
2. (transitive) To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
3. (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
4. (intransitive, transitive) To express a strong emotion.
5. To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
6. (transitive) To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
7. (intransitive, slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us.

Verb

To sell; to vend.

Verb

To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/vɛnt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Frans: vent

Verwante met Spaans: viento

In summary

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.

Sinonieme

outlet

ventilate

air out

vent-hole

hole

🕳️

aperture

air

give vent

release

utter

way out

unleash

exit

foramen

volcano

🌋

express

opening

blowhole

orifice

puncture

air vent

ventilation opening

venthole

emit

say

🗣️

port

set forth

leak

let out

air duct

spiracle

dismantle

discharge

break off

disassemble

diffuse

break

airing

defuse

decrypt

breach

decompress

fanning

decipher

airiness

air draught

eye

👁️

fault

fenestra

decamp