Word Meaning

vent definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for vent

- Air aperture
- Air hole
- Air outlet
- Air-hole
- Aperture
- Opening
- Outlet
- Volcano opening
- Way out