ventnoun
uk/vent/us/vent/vent noun (OPENING)
[ C ] a small opening that allows air, smoke, or gas to enter or leave a closed space:
If you have a gas fire in a room, you should have some kind of outside vent.
[ C ] a cut in the bottom of a piece of clothing to allow the person wearing it to move more easily:
The skirt is long and straight with two side vents.
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Parts of buildings: vents & ventilation
- AC
- air con
- air conditioner
- air conditioning
- air-conditioned
- air-cooler
- chimney
- chimney pot
- chimney stack
- cowl
- dehumidifier
- duct
- extractor
- flue
- smokestack
- ventilation
- ventilator
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Parts of clothes
vent noun (EXPRESS FEELINGS)
give vent to sth
C2 to express a negative emotion in a forceful and often unfair way:
The meeting will be an opportunity for everyone to give vent to their feelings.
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Showing and demonstrating
- act
- act sth out
- attest
- barometer
- bespeak
- bring
- bring sth forward
- disclose
- flicker
- manifestation
- produce
- prove
- put up sth
- radiate
- revealing
- says something about sb/sth idiom
- strike
- suggest
- token
- wear
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Expressing and showing feelings
ventverb [ I or T ]
uk/vent/us/vent/C2 to express a negative emotion in a forceful and often unfair way:
Please don't shout - there's no need to vent your frustration/anger/rage/spleen on me.
I didn't mean to upset anyone, I just needed to vent.
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Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a state idiom
- beat your breast/chest idiom
- beetroot
- bubble
- expression
- flame
- hot and heavy idiom
- impassioned
- lose it idiom
- marvel
- moved
- pine
- throw
- vocalize
- wear your heart on your sleeve idiom
- whimper
- wring
- wring your hands idiom
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