vent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hole for the escape of gas or air
Types & categories
- hole hypernym
- smoke hole hyponym
Parts & wholes
- airway part holonym
Related & opposite
- ventilate derivation
Sense 2 verb
give expression or utterance to
She vented her anger
Types & categories
- express hypernym
Related & opposite
- outlet derivation
- public discussion derivation
- venter derivation
Sense 3 noun
external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
Types & categories
- orifice hypernym
Sense 4 verb
expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
air the old winter clothes
Types & categories
- freshen hypernym
Related & opposite
- venting derivation
- vent derivation
- ventilator derivation
Sense 5 noun
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
Types & categories
- crack hypernym
Related & opposite
- eructation has domain topic
- active has domain topic
Sense 6 noun
a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
Types & categories
- slit hypernym
Sense 7 noun
activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
she had no other outlet for her feelings
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
Related & opposite
- vent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ventilate |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | airway |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hole |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smoke hole |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | outlet |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | public discussion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | venter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | express |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | orifice |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | venting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ventilator |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | freshen |
| 5 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | eructation |
| 5 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | active |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | crack |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | slit |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | vent |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |