vent

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

entlüften

sfogo

Öffnung

trou

🕳️

sfogare

Luftloch

scaricare

ventiler

ventilare

fente

οπή

ablassen

τρύπα

άνοιγμα

évent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛnt/

Etymology

Cognate with French: vent

Cognate with Spanish: 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.