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Vent   /vɛnt/   Listen
noun
Vent  n.  Sale; opportunity to sell; market. (Obs.) "There is no vent for any commodity but of wool."


Vent  n.  A baiting place; an inn. (Obs.)


Vent  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. "Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents." "Long 't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which first should issue from the narrow vent."
2.
Specifically:
(a)
(Zool.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes.
(b)
(Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
(c)
(Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
3.
Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
4.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance. "Without the vent of words." "Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel."
To give vent to, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour forth; as, to give vent to anger.
To take vent, to escape; to be made public. (R.)
Vent feather (Zool.), one of the anal, or crissal, feathers of a bird.
Vent field (Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent.
Vent piece. (Gun.)
(a)
A bush. See 4th Bush, n., 2.
(b)
A breech block.


verb
Vent  v. t.  To sell; to vend. (Obs.) "Therefore did those nations vent such spice."


Vent  v. t.  (past & past part. vented; pres. part. venting)  
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. "The queen of heaven did thus her fury vent."
3.
To utter; to report; to publish. (Obs.) "By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies." "Thou hast framed and vented very curious orations."
4.
To scent, as a hound. (Obs.)
5.
To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold.


Vent  v. i.  To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. (Obs.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Vent" Quotes from Famous Books



... presented herself to Tarquin. Yet, when she came up to Korro-korro, the chief, we are told, having fallen upon her neck, and applied his nose to hers, the two continued in this posture for some minutes, talking together in a low and mournful voice; and then disengaging themselves, they gave vent to their feelings by weeping bitterly, the chief remaining for about a quarter of an hour leaning on his musket, while the big drops continued ...
— John Rutherford, the White Chief • George Lillie Craik
... the orators had their turn, for a resounding "Whoo-o-ee!" would silence the multitudes, and some speaker would mount the tribune and give vent to an impassioned discourse. One of these bore on the killing of the prisoner that morning: the orator declared that he was a bad man, and that he had met with a just end, that the people must understand that they must behave themselves properly, and so on. I forget how many ...
— The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga • Cornelis De Witt Willcox
... through the gloom, for he strode furiously forward, giving utterance to a bristling Spanish oath. All the savage brutality of his nature had been brought to the surface by Dorothy's stinging words, and he sought now some fit opportunity to give it vent. Before I could move, he had gripped me by the collar, and swung me about, so that the light streaming out from the cabin fell directly ...
— Wolves of the Sea • Randall Parrish
... refused to be comforted. Burying her face on her sister's shoulder, she gave free vent to the storm of tears which had been gathering in her girlish bosom all day. Devoted to her father even more than to her mother, the mere thought of losing him was intolerable. He was her comrade, her adviser, her mentor. All she ...
— Bought and Paid For - From the Play of George Broadhurst • Arthur Hornblow
... up the chorus of a popular boating song, and the others joined in with eager voices. Their jubilant spirits had to find a vent somewhere. ...
— Canoe Boys and Campfires - Adventures on Winding Waters • William Murray Graydon


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