VENT
\vˈɛnt], \vˈɛnt], \v_ˈɛ_n_t]\
Definitions of VENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
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To sell; to vend.
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A baiting place; an inn.
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To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
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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.
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The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
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The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
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Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
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Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
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Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
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To utter; to report; to publish.
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To scent, as a hound.
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To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
By Oddity Software
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Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
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To sell; to vend.
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A baiting place; an inn.
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To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
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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.
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The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
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The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
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Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
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Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
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Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
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To utter; to report; to publish.
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To scent, as a hound.
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To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
By Noah Webster.
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A small opening for the escape of air, liquid, etc.; hence, an outlet; a passage; an utterance; as, to give vent to one's thoughts is a relief; the opening at the breech of firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
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To let out through a hole; to utter or express; as, to vent one's spite; to furnish with an outlet; to relieve by speech, etc.; as, to vent oneself in angry words.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A small opening to let air, etc., escape: the flue of a chimney: discharge: escape: passage to notice: publication: the anus of birds and fishes: (mil.) the opening at the breech of a firearm through which fire is conveyed to the charge, the touch-hole.
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To give a vent or opening to: to let out, as at a vent: to allow to escape: to publish: to pour forth.
By Daniel Lyons
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An opening to let air, &c., escape; touch-hole of a firearm; outlet; discharge.
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To let out; publish; pour forth.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Latin] A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape;—the flue or funnel of a fireplace ;—the opening at which the excrements are discharged ;—the opening at the breech of a fire-arm; touch-hole;—in architecture, a loop-hole;—the act of opening;—passage; emission;—escape from confinement ;—opportunity to sell; demand ; publication ; issue.