Definitions for the word "vent" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
Sale; opportunity to sell; market.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To sell; to vend.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A baiting place; an inn.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. t.
To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
To utter; to report; to publish.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v. t.
To scent, as a hound.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. v. t.
To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. n.
1 opening allowing the passage of air etc. 2 outlet; free expression (gave vent to my anger). 3 anus, esp. Of a lower animal. v. 1 make a vent in (a cask etc.). 2 give free expression to. vent one''s spleen on scold or ill-treat without cause. [latin ventus wind]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
17. n.
Slit in a garment, esp. In the lower edge of the back of a jacket. [french fente from latin findo cleave]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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