vent

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  1. noun A means of escape or release from confinement; an outlet: give vent to one's anger.
  2. noun An opening permitting the escape of fumes, a liquid, a gas, or steam.
  3. noun The small hole at the breech of a gun through which the charge is ignited.
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  • I need to vent, and take comfort in the fact that my experience may deter others from making the same mistake I did, and shop at Soho and Momento. —  The RiotACT
  • While a vent is a good idea to minimize moisture in basements, it isn't required for an electric dryer. —  Blogtimore, Hon
  • An infrared camera showed the vent was filled with rubble and rocky debris. —  Starbulletin Headlines
  • This vent is at the back in the north east corner. —  Colours of Dawn
  • This vent is at the front of the coop in the ceiling, in the centre. —  Colours of Dawn
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valve ·  outlet ·  ventilation ·  duct ·  exhaust ·  drain ·  inlet ·  conduit ·  radiator ·  pipe ·  heater ·  hatch

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vent:   vents ·  vented
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  1. Partly from French vent (from Old French) and partly alteration of French évent (from Old French esvent, from esventer, to let out air, from Vulgar Latin *exventāre : Latin ex-; see ex- + Latin ventus, wind; see wē- in Indo-European roots).
  2. Middle English vente, alteration (probably influenced by Old French vent, wind) of fente, from Old French, slit, from fendre, to split open, from Latin findere; see fission.

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  1. Early modern English vente; an altered form of fent, from Middle English fente, from Old French fente, a slit, cleft, chink: see fent. The alteration of fent to vent was not due to the dial, change shown in vat for fat, vixen for fixen, etc., but to confusion with P. vent, wind (see vent), as if orig. ‘an air-hole.’ A similar confusion appears in the history of vent and vent, which have been more or less mixed with each other and with vent.
  2. from vent, n.
  3. from Old French vent, wind, air, breath, scent, smell, vapor, puff, = Spanish viento = Portuguese Italian vento, from Latin ventus, wind, = English wind: see wind, and cf. vent, v., and vent, n.
  4. from French venter, blow, puff (as the wind), from vent, the wind: see vent, n., and cf. vent, v.
  5. from Old French vente, French vente, sale, place of sale, market, = Spanish venta, a sale, a market, also an inn (hacer venta, put up at an inn), = Portuguese venda—Italian vendita, a sale, from Middle Latin vendita, a sale, from Latin vendere, past participle venditus, sell: see vend. Cf. vent
  6. from vent, n. Cf. vend, v.
  7. from Spanish venta, an inn, prop, a market or place of sale: see vent.
 

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