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