vent

/vɛnt/

/vɛnt/

Other forms: vented; vents; venting

When you vent, you let something out, whether it's hot air or your feelings. If you vent your feelings, you let out a strong and sometimes angry emotion and just say what you think.

You might vent your rage when your brother once again gets out of doing his chores. You also might vent something to air it out. If it's too hot inside your car, vent it by opening a window. The noun vent refers to a hole that lets air escape. A clothes dryer has a vent that sends hot air outside. A vent in nature is a crack in the earth's surface that lets hot gas and lava escape — like a volcano.

Definitions of vent

1. noun

   a hole for the escape of gas or air
   synonyms: blowhole, vent-hole, venthole

   types:

   smoke hole

   a vent (as in a roof) for smoke to escape

   type of:

   hole

   an opening deliberately made in or through something
2. noun

   external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
   type of:

   opening, orifice, porta

   an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
3. noun

   a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
   synonyms: volcano

   type of:

   cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure

   a long narrow opening
4. noun

   a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
   type of:

   slit

   a long narrow opening
5. noun

   activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
   “he gave vent to his anger”

   synonyms: outlet, release

   type of:

   activity

   any specific behavior
6. verb

   expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
   synonyms: air, air out, ventilate

   type of:

   freshen, refresh

   make (to feel) fresh
7. verb

   give expression or utterance to
   “She vented her anger”

   synonyms: give vent, ventilate

   type of:

   evince, express, show

   give expression to