vent
verb/vent/
/vent/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vent | /vent/ /vent/ |
| he / she / it vents | /vents/ /vents/ |
| past simple vented | /ˈventɪd/ /ˈventɪd/ |
| past participle vented | /ˈventɪd/ /ˈventɪd/ |
| -ing form venting | /ˈventɪŋ/ /ˈventɪŋ/ |
- to express feelings, especially anger, strongly
- vent something (on somebody) He vented his anger on the referee.
- She vented her spleen (= shouted in an angry way) on the assembled crowd.
- vent (about something) She vented for two minutes about work and her boss.
- She talked with me whenever I needed to vent.
Word Originverb late Middle English: partly from French vent ‘wind’, from Latin ventus, reinforced by French évent, from éventer ‘expose to air’, based on Latin ventus ‘wind’.
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