give+vent+to

  • 21vent — n. outlet to give vent to (he gave vent to his pent up feelings) * * * [vent] [ outlet ] to give vent to (he gave vent to his pent up feelings) …

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  • 22vent — 1. noun an air vent Syn: duct, flue, shaft, well, passage, airway; outlet, inlet, opening, aperture, hole, gap, orifice 2. verb the crowd vented their fury on the police Syn: release …

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  • 23give out — Synonyms and related words: accord, administer, afford, air, allot, allow, award, be consumed, be used up, bestow, bestow on, blow, break, break down, break it to, break the news, breathe, breathe out, broach, burn out, cave in, circulate,… …

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  • 24vent — I UK [vent] / US verb [transitive] Word forms vent : present tense I/you/we/they vent he/she/it vents present participle venting past tense vented past participle vented to express your feelings of anger very strongly There s no need to vent your …

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  • 25vent — Synonyms and related words: air, air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, announce, aperture, armhole, articulate, articulation, assert, avenue, blow, blow out, blowhole, blurt out, break, break it to, break the news,… …

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  • 26vent — 1. n. & v. n. 1 (also vent hole) a hole or opening allowing motion of air etc. out of or into a confined space. 2 an outlet; free passage or play (gave vent to their indignation). 3 the anus esp. of a lower animal, serving for both excretion and… …

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  • 27vent — vent1 noun 1》 an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space.     ↘the opening of a volcano, through which lava and other materials are emitted.     ↘chiefly Scottish a flue of a chimney. 2》 (usu. in phr. give… …

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  • 28vent — 1 noun (C) 1 a hole or pipe through which gases, smoke, liquid etc can enter or escape from an enclosed space or a container: an air vent 2 give vent to formal to do something to express a strong feeling, especially of anger: Joshua gave vent to… …

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  • 29vent — I. n. 1. Opening, hole, vent hole. 2. Spiracle, air tube, air pipe, blow hole. 3. (Ornith.) Anus. 4. (Arch.) Crenelle, loop hole. 5. Emission, passage, outlet, escape, effusion. 6 …

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  • 30give a loose — verb To give vent (to), to let loose (unrestrained feelings, emotions etc.). There I began to breathe a little freer, and to give a loose to those warm emotions which the sight of such an encounter had raised in me …

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