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Definitions for Vent

[1] an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
[2] an opening at the earth's surface from which volcanic material, as lava, steam, or gas, is emitted.
[3] Zoology . the anal or excretory opening of animals, especially of those below mammals, as birds and reptiles.
[4] the small opening at the breech of a gun by which fire is communicated to the charge.
[5] a means of exit or escape; an outlet, as from confinement.
[6] expression; utterance; release: to give vent to one's emotions.
[7] Obsolete . the act or fact of venting; emission or discharge.
[8] to give free play or expression to (an emotion, passion, etc.): to vent rage.
[9] to give public utterance to: to vent one's opinions.
[10] to relieve by giving expression to something: He vented his disappointment by criticizing his successor.
[11] to release or discharge (liquid, smoke, etc.).
[12] to furnish or provide with a vent or vents.
[13] to be relieved of pressure or discharged by means of a vent.
[14] (of an otter or other animal) to rise to the surface of the water to breathe.
[15] a slit in the back or side of a coat, jacket, or other garment, at the bottom part of a seam.
[16] a small opening for the passage or escape of fumes, liquids, etc
[17] the shaft of a volcano or an aperture in the earth's crust through which lava and gases erupt
[18] the external opening of the urinary or genital systems of lower vertebrates
[19] a small aperture at the breech of old guns through which the charge was ignited
[20] an exit, escape, or passage
[21] give vent to to release (an emotion, passion, idea, etc) in an utterance or outburst
[22] to release or give expression or utterance to (an emotion, idea, etc) he vents his anger on his wife
[23] to provide a vent for or make vents in
[24] to let out (steam, liquid, etc) through a vent
[25] a vertical slit at the back or both sides of a jacket
[26] (tr) to make a vent or vents in (a jacket)

Words related to Vent

duct, pipe, flue, chimney, ventilator, utter, ventilate, emit, unleash, orifice, drain, opening, spout, exit, split, aperture, hole, avenue, voice, give

Words nearby Vent

venous sinus, venous sinus of sclera, venous sphygmograph, venous star, venovenostomy, vent, vent gleet, vent one's spleen, vent pipe, vent window, ventage

Origin of Vent

21400–50; late Middle English vente; replacing Middle English fente < Middle French, derivative of fendre to slit < Latin findere to split

Other words from Vent

vent·less , adjective
un·vent·ed , adjective

Word origin for Vent

C15: from Old French fente slit, from fendre to split, from Latin findere to cleave

Synonyms for Vent

chimney, duct, flue, pipe, ventilator, aperture, avenue, drain, exit, hole, opening, orifice, split, spout