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   vent

   /vɛnt/

   noun

   • 1. an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space: "remove any debris blocking the vents"
   • ▪ the opening of a volcano, through which lava and other materials are emitted: "pumice fragments pile up to form a conical heap round the vent"
   • ▪ a flue of a chimney. Scottish
   • ▪ the touch hole of a gun. historical
   • ▪ the anus, especially one in a lower animal such as a fish that serves for both excretion and reproduction.
   • 2. the release or expression of a strong emotion, energy, etc.: "children give vent to their anger in various ways"

   verb

   • 1. give free expression to (a strong emotion): "we vent our spleen on drug barons"
   • 2. provide with an outlet for air, gas, or liquid: "tumble-dryers must be vented to the outside"
   • ▪ discharge or expel (air, gas, or liquid) through an outlet: "the plant was isolated and the gas vented"
   • ▪ permit air to enter (a beer cask): "once the beer has been vented, the cask must be sold within three or four days"

   Word Origin late Middle English: partly from French vent ‘wind’, from Latin ventus, reinforced by French évent, from éventer ‘expose to air’, based on Latin ventus ‘wind’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ventless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

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