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vert | vent |

As a noun vert

is .

As a numeral vent is

.

vert

English

(wikipedia vert)

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (en-abbr)
  • vertebrate
  • vertical

    • Etymology 1

    , from (etyl) (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
  • (label) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
  • (label) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
  • :* 1819': “I understand thee,” said the King, “and the Holy Clerk shall have a grant of '''vert and venison in my woods of Warncliffe.” — Walter Scott, ''Ivanhoe
    • See also
    * vt. in heraldic contexts.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (label) In blazon, of the colour green.

    • Related terms

    * verdant

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of (vertical).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
  • A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.

    • See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    vent

    English

    Etymology 1

    Partly from (etyl) vent, from (etyl) ventus and party from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
    • the vent''' of a cask; the '''vent of a mould
  • A small aperture.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents .
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Long 'twas doubtful, both so closely pent, / Which first should issue from the narrow vent .
  • The opening of a volcano from which lava flows.
  • A verbalized frustration.
  • The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
  • A slit in the seam of a garment.
  • The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
  • In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
  • Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
  • Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
  • * Milton
    • without the vent of words
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel.
    Derived terms
    * ridge vent

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To allow gases to escape.
    • The stove vents to the outside.
  • To allow to escape through a vent.
    • Exhaust is vented to the outside.
  • (intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
    • He vents his anger violently.
    Can we talk? I need to vent .
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • But the demonstrators remained defiant, pouring into the streets by the thousands and venting their anger over political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the World Cup and the Olympics.
  • To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
    • (Spenser)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Ventriloquism.
    • Derived terms
    * vent puppet

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) vente, from (etyl) (lena) .

    Noun

  • sale; opportunity to sell; market
    • (Shelton)
  • * Sir W. Temple
    • There is no vent for any commodity but of wool.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sell; to vend.
  • * Sir Walter Raleigh
    • Therefore did those nations vent such spice.

    Etymology 4

    (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A baiting place; an inn.
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