Give Vent

  

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Give Vent

Definition: Give Vent

Give Vent

Verb

1. Give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Give Vent

Synonyms: vent (v), ventilate (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Give Vent

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disclosure

Divulge, reveal, break; squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch; let into the secret; reveal the secrets of the prison house; tell; (inform); breathe, utter, blab, peach; let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag; betray; tell tales, come out of school; come out with; give vent, give utterance to; open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about; speak out; (make manifest); make public; unriddle; (find out) a; split.

Ejection

Verb: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, secern; extravasate, shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop; perspire; (exude); breathe, blow; (wind).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Give Vent

English words defined with "give vent": To break wind, To give vent to. (references)

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Expressions: Give Vent

Expressions using "give vent": give vent to give vent to one's anger give vent to one's feelings give vent to one's thoughts give vent to smth. To give vent to. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Give Vent

Language Translations for "give vent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

lëshoj ndenja (give vent to). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فر من (break, give vent to, jump), ‏وجد متنفسا (give vent to). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

давам израз воля на (give vent to). (various references)

   

Czech

  

dát volný prùchod (give vent to), dát prùchod (give vent to, vent). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

purkaa sisuaan (give vent to one's anger). (various references)

   

French

  

laisser libre cours (give vent to), donner libre cours (give vent to). (various references)

   

German

  

seinen gefühlen freien lauf lassen (give vent to one's feelings), seinem ärger luft machen (give vent to one's anger), einer sache ausdruck verleihen (give vent to smth.). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δίνω φωνή (give vent to). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לתת פורקן (give vent to). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

utat enged haragjának (to give vent to one's anger), szabadjára engedi haragját (to give vent to one's anger), hordót felbont (to give vent to a cask), haragra lobban (to fly into a tantrum, to get into a tantrum, to get waxy, to give vent to one's anger, to go into a tantrum, to see red). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sfogare (come out, give vent to, let out, relieve one's feelings, take it out, take one's fill, vent, wreak). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivegay entvay

   

Romanian

  

spune ce are pe inimã (get smth. off one's chest, give vent to one's thoughts). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

отвести душу (give vent to, relieve one's feelings, unburden oneself). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

dati oduška (give vent to). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

desahogarse (blow off steam, give vent to, take out, unbosom, unburden, work off). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

belli etmek (argue, evince, express, give vent to, let on, make clear, register, reveal, shadow, shadow forth, shadow out, show, sound, Telegraph, vent), açığa vurmak (betray, disclose, divulge, evince, express, externalize, give vent to, lay bare, let on, reveal, spill, uncloak, unclose, uncork, unseal, unveil, utter, vent, ventilate, yield, yield up). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

дати волю (give vent to, run riot). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Give Vent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-n-t-v-v"

-2 letters: teeing.

-3 letters: event, evite, genet, genie, given, nieve, tenge, tinge, vegie, venge.

-4 letters: even, gene, gent, gien, give, neve, nevi, nite, teen, tine, ting, vein, vent, vine, vive.

-5 letters: eng, eve, gee, gen, get, gie, gin, git, nee, net, nit, tee, teg, ten, tie, tin, vee, veg, vet, vie, vig.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-n-t-v-v"
 

+5 letters: investigative.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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