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US
/ˈvɛnt/
]
[ UK /vˈɛnt/ ]
[ UK /vˈɛnt/ ]
NOUN
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activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
he gave vent to his anger
she had no other outlet for her feelings - a hole for the escape of gas or air
- a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
- external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
VERB
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give expression or utterance to
She vented her anger
The graduates gave vent to cheers -
expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
air out the smoke-filled rooms
air the old winter clothes
How To Use vent In A Sentence
- He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
- If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
- They are essential atmospheric cladding which prevents the earth from becoming a frozen planet.
- People in no way adhere to regular social conventions online. Times, Sunday Times
- Some of my remarks here are directed toward conventional scientists, who generally refrain from commenting critically on the wild ideas of a few of their colleagues because it is bad manners.
- In order to prevent the pipe buckling at the sagbend a horizontal tension was applied to the pipe by tensioners situated on the deck of the vessel.
- Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in you; though, I know, to divide him inventorially would dizzy the arithmetic of memory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect of his quick sail. Act V. Scene II. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- The Subaru then veered across the road and hit a telegraph pole, eventually becoming lodged between the pole and a tree.
- Businesses and service organizations were losing employees and customers weekly, daily, and eventually hourly.
- The League Against Cruel Sports issued a statement Wednesday calling on Ottawa to "take steps to end the immense cruelty to animals in events such as calf-roping, which is practised at rodeos including the Calgary Stampede. CTV BritishColumbiaHome
