vent
vent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent. Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. Shak. Long't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which first should issue from the narrow vent. Pope.
- 2.Specifically: --(a) (Zoöl.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes. (b) (Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole. (c) (Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- 3.Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- 4.Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance. Without the vent of words. Milton. Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel. Shak. To give vent to, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour forth; as, to give vent to anger. -- To take vent, to escape; to be made public. [R.] -- Vent feather (Zoöl.), one of the anal, or crissal, feathers of a bird. -- Vent field (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent. -- Vent piece. (Gun.) (a) A bush. See 4th Bush, n, 2. (b) A breech block.
- 5.To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.
- 6.To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint. The queen of heaven did thus her fury vent. Dryden.
- 7.To utter; to report; to publish. [Obs.] By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies. Milton. Thou hast framed and vented very curious orations. Barrow.
- 8.To scent, as a hound. [Obs.] Turbervile.
- 9.To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- auction
- auctioneer
- avoid
- avoidance
- avolation
- away
- bacon
- beadle
- belle
- bird
- break
- bring
- bung
- call
- cerberus
- chose
- clear
- close
- collar
- come
- coop
- cork
- counter
- cover
- creep
- custom
- deal
- deliverance
- demi
- disappear
- dispense
- disposal
- dispose
- doorkeeper
- dossil
- drawbridge
- effect
- elopement
- elude
- escape
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is vent.
- What is fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet called?
- What is to let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to called?
- What is to suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint. The queen of heaven did thus her fury vent. Dryden called?
- What is to utter; to report; to publish. [Obs.] By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies. Milton. Thou hast framed and vented very curious orations. Barrow called?
- What is to scent, as a hound. [Obs.] Turbervile called?
- What is to furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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