VENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does vent mean?
• VENT (noun)
The noun VENT has 5 senses:
1. a hole for the escape of gas or air
2. external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
3. a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
4. a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
5. activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
Familiarity information: VENT used as a noun is common.
• VENT (verb)
The verb VENT has 2 senses:
1. give expression or utterance to
2. expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
Familiarity information: VENT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VENT (noun)
Meaning:
A hole for the escape of gas or air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
venthole; vent-hole; vent; blowhole
Hypernyms ("vent" is a kind of...):
hole (an opening deliberately made in or through something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vent"):
smoke hole (a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape)
Holonyms ("vent" is a part of...):
air duct; air passage; airway (a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines))
Meaning:
External opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("vent" is a kind of...):
opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)
Meaning:
A fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
volcano; vent
Hypernyms ("vent" is a kind of...):
cleft; crack; crevice; fissure; scissure (a long narrow opening)
Domain member category:
eructation; eruption; extravasation ((of volcanos) pouring out fumes of lava (or a deposit so formed))
active ((of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt)
Meaning:
A slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vent" is a kind of...):
slit (a long narrow opening)
Meaning:
Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
outlet; vent; release
Context examples:
she had no other outlet for her feelings / he gave vent to his anger
Hypernyms ("vent" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
• VENT (verb)
Meaning:
Give expression or utterance to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
give vent; vent; ventilate
Context examples:
She vented her anger / The graduates gave vent to cheers
Hypernyms (to "vent" is one way to...):
evince; express; show (give expression to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
ventilate; air out; vent; air
Context examples:
air the old winter clothes / air out the smoke-filled rooms
Hypernyms (to "vent" is one way to...):
freshen; refresh (make (to feel) fresh)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
