Vent
Definition of Vent
Pronunciation: vĕnt | n. | 1. | Sale; opportunity to sell; market. | | v. t. | 1. | To sell; to vend. | | n. | 1. | A baiting place; an inn. | | v. i. | 1. | To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. | | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | (Zool.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes. | | 3. | (Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole. | | 3. | Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet. | | 4. | (Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet. | | 4. | Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance. | | v. t. | 1. | To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to. | | 2. | To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint. | | 3. | To utter; to report; to publish. | | 4. | To scent, as a hound. | | 5. | To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold. |
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