" vent "

[Verb]  | "vent" | \ ˈvent \

1: to provide with a vent

2: to serve as a vent for

3: discharge, expel

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English venten "to provide with an air hole," in part verbal derivative of vent "anus, outlet, {see: |vent:2|vent:2}," in part short for aventen "to cool (oneself, as by removing a helmet), release, let air out of," borrowed from Anglo-French aventer "to allow to escape, release, fan," probably altered by vowel reduction from Old French esventer "to fan, cool by stirring the air," going back to Vulgar Latin *exventāre, from Latin ex- {see: |ex-:1|ex-:1} + -ventāre, verbal derivative of ventus "wind" {mat|wind:1|};

[Noun]  | "vent" 

1: an opening for the escape of a gas or liquid or for the relief of pressure: such as

2: the external opening of the rectum or cloaca : anus

3: pipe, fumarole

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English, "anus, outlet," probably borrowed from Anglo-French, "wind, cold air, draft, outlet" (continental Old French, "wind"), going back to Latin ventus "wind" {mat|wind:1|};

[Noun]  | "vent" 

1: a slit in a garment; specifically : an opening in the lower part of a seam (as of a jacket or skirt)

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English vent, fente, borrowed from Anglo-French fente "split, crack, opening," derivative of fendre "to split" (going back to Latin findere), probaby by analogy with pairs such as rendre "to yield," rente "income" {mat|bite:1|}, {mat|render:1|}, {mat|rent:1|};

[Noun]  | "hydrothermal vent" 

1: a fissure in the ocean floor especially at or near a mid-ocean ridge from which mineral-rich superheated water issues

Origin: 1975 ;

[Noun]  | "vol-au-vent" | \ ˌvȯ-lō-ˈväⁿ \

1: a baked patty shell filled with meat, fowl, game, or seafood in sauce

Origin: 1828 ;

 French, literally, flight in the wind;

[Idiom]  | "vent one's spleen" 

1: to express angry feelings

[Idiom]  | "give vent to" 

1: to express (a strong emotion, such as anger) in a forceful and open way

[Geographical name]  | "Lee*ward Islands" | \ ˈlē-wərd \

1: island chain in the central Pacific extending 1250 miles (2012 kilometers) west-northwest from the main islands of the Hawaiian group; includes Nihoa, Necker, Laysan, Midway, and Kure islands

2: islands in the South Pacific, the western group of the Society Islands population 22,232

3: islands of the West Indies in the northern Lesser Antilles extending from the Virgin Islands on the north to Dominica on the south

[Geographical name]  | "Wind*ward Islands" | \ ˈwind-wərd \

1: islands of the West Indies in the southern Lesser Antilles extending south from Martinique but not including Barbados, Tobago, or Trinidad

2: former colony in British West Indies comprising the territories of Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and Grenada in the Windward Islands and Dominica in the Leeward Islands

3: islands in the South Pacific population 184,224

[Verb]  | "vent" 

[Noun]  | "vent"