Vent
WordNet
noun
(1) Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
"She had no other outlet for her feelings"
"He gave vent to his anger"
(2) External opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
(3) A hole for the escape of gas or air
(4) A slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
(5) A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
verb
(6) Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
"Air the old winter clothes"
"Air out the smoke-filled rooms"
(7) Give expression or utterance to
"She vented her anger"
"The graduates gave vent to cheers"
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Etymology 1
Partly from (from ), and party from French .
Noun
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
- A verbalized frustration.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.