vent

IPA: vˈɛnt

An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
A small aperture.
An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
A slit in the seam of a garment.
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
Ventriloquism.
(obsolete) A baiting place; an inn.
A surname from Dutch.
(medicine, colloquial) Clipping of ventilation or ventilator. [The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.]

(intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
(transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
(transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
(transitive) To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
To sell; to vend.
(medicine, colloquial) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.

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