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# venting

«venting» in Mova's school dictionary: **letting out strong feelings, especially anger or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb form (venting — from vent, vents, vented, venting); noun (venting — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Venting is letting out strong feelings, especially anger or frustration, by talking or shouting about them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/#m1)

2) Venting is letting air, gas, smoke or steam escape through an opening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and wellbeing lessons it is about letting feelings out safely, for example by talking to a friend. In science and safety it is about letting fumes or steam out of a room or machine. Phrases: venting about, venting anger, venting steam.

### examples

- Sorry for venting — I'm just so annoyed about the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/#x1)
- She was venting to her best friend about her brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/#x2)
- The kitchen fan is venting the steam outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/#x3)
- Venting your feelings can help, but don't be unkind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/#x4)
- The volcano was venting gas and ash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/#x5)
- He spent an hour venting about the referee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/#x6)

### note

From the verb vent; "vent your anger" and "vent about something". A vent is also a small opening for air. Venting feelings is fine; taking anger out on others is not.

### In the corpora

- [That shout is a way of letting out frustration, called venting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics/2/)
- [Shouting at the TV is venting, letting out frustration; it changes nothing, and it is not about the child.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/14-dad-shouting-at-the-tv-big-feelings-about-politics/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «venting» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/venting/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.