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Meaning of ventilate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ventilate
      v 1: expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air
           the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"
           [syn: {vent}, {ventilate}, {air out}, {air}]
      2: expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard
         spoilage; "Wheat should be well ventilated"
      3: circulate through and freshen; "The gust of air ventilated
         the room"
      4: give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The
         graduates gave vent to cheers" [syn: {vent}, {ventilate},
         {give vent}]
      5: furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to
         escape; "The architect did not think about ventilating the
         storage space"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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