Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Zoology The belly or underside.
- noun Botany The swollen lower portion of an archegonium containing the egg.
- noun Law The womb of a woman identified as the mother of a child.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the coiled nautiloid cephalopod shell, such as Nautilus and the ammonites, the outer or peripheral portion of the whorls.
- noun One who vents or gives vent (to); one who utters, reports, or publishes.
- noun The womb; and hence, in legal language, mother: as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different venters.
- noun In anatomy and zoology the belly; the abdomen.
- noun Tn ornithology, the lower belly or abdomen, considered as to its surface.
- noun In entomology: The lower part of the abdomen.
- noun The under surface: as, the venter of the caterpillar.
- noun In botany, the enlarged basal part of an archegonium, in which the oöphore is formed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.
- noun The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.
- noun The uterus, or womb.
- noun A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface
- noun (Zoöl.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
- noun (Rom. & O. E. Law) A pregnant woman; a mother
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
vendor . - noun A woman with
offspring - noun anatomy A protuberant, usually hollow structure, notably:
- noun A broad, shallow
concavity , notably of abone - noun One who
vents , who isvocal about feelings or problems.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
- noun a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
- noun a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
- noun the womb
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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This will form the "venter," termed [Greek: Koilia] by the Greeks.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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We're quickly dismissed if we do not become a part of the venter's consensus.
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But decades of research suggest that venting mostly serves to make the venter more expert at getting angry.
The Importance of Being Angry Matthew Futterman 2010
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From my friends in the Clinton circle, I know that Bill Clinton is a venter.
The Last Clinton Melodrama? (And Other Sensationalist Game Change Gossip) 2010
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But decades of research suggest that venting mostly serves to make the venter more expert at getting angry.
The Importance of Being Angry Matthew Futterman 2010
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But decades of research suggest that venting mostly serves to make the venter more expert at getting angry.
The Importance of Being Angry Matthew Futterman 2010
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From my friends in the Clinton circle, I know that Bill Clinton is a venter.
William Bradley: The Last Clinton Melodrama? (And Other Sensationalist Game Change Gossip) 2010
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But decades of research suggest that venting mostly serves to make the venter more expert at getting angry.
The Importance of Being Angry Matthew Futterman 2010
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From my friends in the Clinton circle, I know that Bill Clinton is a venter.
William Bradley: The Last Clinton Melodrama? (And Other Sensationalist Game Change Gossip) 2010
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But decades of research suggest that venting mostly serves to make the venter more expert at getting angry.
The Importance of Being Angry Matthew Futterman 2010
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