vent
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
- 1
expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
air the old winter clothes
air out the smoke-filled rooms
- 2
give expression or utterance to
She vented her anger
The graduates gave vent to cheers
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