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vent — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bubble noun A thin, round pocket of air or gas inside a liquid or solid, or floating freely.
  • wind noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.

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

  1. noun A thin, round pocket of air or gas inside a liquid or solid, or floating freely.
  2. verb To form or produce bubbles.
  3. noun An unsustainable rise in prices or popularity, particularly in markets, followed by a sharp collapse.

wind — full definition

  1. noun The natural movement of air, especially a noticeable current outdoors.
  2. verb To turn or twist something around a central point, or to follow a curving path (pronounced differently from the "air" sense).
  3. verb To tighten the spring of a clockwork mechanism.
  4. verb To knock the breath out of someone, usually with a blow to the stomach.

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