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UK
/vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/
]
[ US /ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪt, ˈvɛntəˌɫeɪt/ ]
[ US /ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪt, ˈvɛntəˌɫeɪt/ ]
VERB
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expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage
Wheat should be well ventilated -
circulate through and freshen
The gust of air ventilated the room -
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 -
furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape
The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space
How To Use ventilate In A Sentence
- Claim: Men's underwear is referred to as 'BVDs' because the term is an abbreviation of the phrase 'Boy's Ventilated Drawers.' New Urban Legends
- As the vines have yielded their fruit by midsummer and ripened their wood early so as to be ready for starting into growth again in December or January, the grapery is kept cool and ventilated in the fall and early winter, but this need not interfere with the mushroom crop. Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure
- The tunnel would be well - ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea - level.
- The "fume" or "smell" events occur when oil seeps from faulty engine oil seals into the compressor bleed air used to ventilate and pressurise the cabin. HEADLINES
- Where necessary to render harmless and carry away noxious or flammable gases, line brattice or other approved methods of ventilation shall be used so as to properly ventilate the face.
- The tunnel would be well - ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea - level.
- Here we show, through the analysis of long hydrographic records, that the system of overflow and entrainment that ventilates the deep Atlantic has steadily changed over the past four decades. About: Blinded by Science
- Each room is ventilated separately from the other toilet rooms.
- Subjects may hyperventilate for several minutes before diving to increase underwater time.
- Outer walls and shower stalls leaked into unventilated cul-de-sac wall spaces.
