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vent

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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.
  11. Ventriloquism.
  12. A baiting place; an inn.
  13. Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.

Verb

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

Proper noun

  1. A surname from Dutch.

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