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- English Word Vent Definition To sell; to vend.
- English Word Vent Definition A baiting place; an inn.
- English Word Vent Definition To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- English Word Vent Definition A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent.
- English Word Vent Definition The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
- English Word Vent Definition The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
- English Word Vent Definition Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- English Word Vent Definition Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- English Word Vent Definition Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- English Word Vent Definition To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.
- English Word Vent Definition To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
- English Word Vent Definition To utter; to report; to publish.
- English Word Vent Definition To scent, as a hound.
- English Word Vent Definition To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
- English Word Ventage Definition A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent.
- English Word Ventail Definition That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor.
- English Word Vented Definition of Vent
- English Word Venter Definition One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.
- English Word Venter Definition The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.
- English Word Venter Definition The uterus, or womb.
- English Word Venter Definition A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.
- English Word Venter Definition The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
- English Word Venter Definition A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different venters.
- English Word Venthole Definition A touchhole; a vent.
- English Word Ventiduct Definition A passage for wind or air; a passage or pipe for ventilating apartments.
- English Word Ventilate Definition To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.
- English Word Ventilate Definition To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
- English Word Ventilate Definition To change or renew, as the air of a room.
- English Word Ventilate Definition To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.
- English Word Ventilate Definition To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy.