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vent 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: esventer 'to put in the air', from vent 'wind', from Latin ventus]
to express feelings of anger, hatred etc, especially by doing something violent or harmful
vent sth on sb
::If he's had a bad day, Paul vents his anger on the family.
vent sth by doing sth
::I could hear mum venting her frustration by banging the pots noisily.
::The meeting gave us a chance to vent our spleen (=anger) .