vent — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
vent is used for these senses in English:
- bubble (figurative) Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
- hot air (idiomatic) Empty, confused, or exaggerated talk lacking meaning or substance; bluster.
- wind (uncountable, colloquial) Flatus.
- wind (transitive) To blow air through a wind instrument or horn to make a sound.
- wind (transitive) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate.
bubble — full definition
- noun A thin, round pocket of air or gas inside a liquid or solid, or floating freely.
- verb To form or produce bubbles.
- noun An unsustainable rise in prices or popularity, particularly in markets, followed by a sharp collapse.
wind — full definition
- noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.
- verb To turn or twist something around a central point, or to follow a curving path (pronounced differently from the "air" sense).
- verb To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
- verb To knock the breath out of someone, usually with a blow to the stomach.