Definition of "vent" in English

noun

1. An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.

   • the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould

2. A small aperture.

3. An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.

4. A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.

5. The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.

6. A slit in the seam of a garment.

7. The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.

8. In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.

9. Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.

10. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.

verb

1. (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.

   • The stove vents to the outside.

2. (transitive) To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).

3. (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.

   • Exhaust is vented to the outside.

4. (transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.

   • He vents his anger violently.
   • Can we talk? I need to vent.

5. To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.

6. (transitive) To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.

7. (intransitive, video games, slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us. [with to ‘to go (somewhere)’]

noun

1. Ventriloquism.

verb

1. To sell; to vend.

noun

1. (obsolete) A baiting place; an inn.

noun

1. (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.

   • I have adjusted the vent settings.

verb

1. (medicine, colloquial) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.