ventilate
to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
Medicine/Medical.
to oxygenate (blood) by exposure to air in the lungs or gills.
to assist the breathing of (a person), as with a respirator.
(of air or wind) to circulate through or blow on, so as to cool or freshen the air of: Cool breezes ventilated the house.
to expose to the action of air or wind: to ventilate floor timbers.
to submit (a question, problem, etc.) to open, full examination and discussion.
to give utterance or expression to (an opinion, complaint, etc.).
to furnish with a vent or opening, as for the escape of air or gas.
to give utterance or expression to one's emotions, opinions, complaints, etc.
Origin of ventilate
1Other words for ventilate
Other words from ventilate
- ven·ti·la·ble, adjective
- o·ver·ven·ti·late, verb (used with object), o·ver·ven·ti·lat·ed, o·ver·ven·ti·lat·ing.
- re·ven·ti·late, verb (used with object), re·ven·ti·lat·ed, re·ven·ti·lat·ing.
- self-ven·ti·lat·ed, adjective
- un·der·ven·ti·late, verb (used with object), un·der·ven·ti·lat·ed, un·der·ven·ti·lat·ing.
- un·der·ven·ti·lat·ed, adjective
- un·ven·ti·lat·ed, adjective
- well-ven·ti·lat·ed, adjective
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How to use ventilate in a sentence
It would be like opening the windows upon a stuffy, overcrowded and unventilated room of disputing people.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThe air in the unventilated locker grew ever more stuffy and velvety as the two people continued to breathe it.
Eastern Nights - and Flights | Alan BottThis storey is dark and unventilated, a condition due to small windows, absence of through draught, and the adjacent mound.
The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of HindustanThe air of the crowded and unventilated room soon became unfit to breathe.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century | Charles MorrisKitchen waste opening directly into an unventilated cesspool.
British Dictionary definitions for ventilate
/ (ˈvɛntɪˌleɪt) /
to drive foul air out of (an enclosed area)
to provide with a means of airing
to expose (a question, grievance, etc) to public examination or discussion
physiol to oxygenate (the blood) in the capillaries of the lungs
to winnow (grain)
Origin of ventilate
1Derived forms of ventilate
- ventilable, adjective
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