English words for 'Plural of ventilating shaft.'
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noun
- (countable, mining, chiefly attributive) A ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.
- a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
- (countable) An act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic), dejection, melancholy.
- (countable, computing) A cast (“change of expression of a data type”) from supertype to subtype.
adj
- Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.
- Of a thing: directed downwards.
- Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
- Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
- directed downward
- filled with melancholy and despondency
verb
- To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
- (figurative) To make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.
- To turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- (computing) To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
- (Scotland) To reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).
- To demolish or tear down (a building, etc.).
noun
- (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
- air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine
- (mining) A current of air passed along such a shaft.
- (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach.
- A message transmitted via upcasting.
- (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage.
- (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype.
- (bowling) A cast; a throw.
adj
verb
verb
- (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
- (medicine, colloquial) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
- (transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
- To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- To sell; to vend.
- (intransitive, video games, slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us. [with to ‘to go (somewhere)’]
- (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
- (transitive) To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
- (transitive) To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
- give expression or utterance to
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
noun
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- Ventriloquism.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- A small aperture.
- A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
- An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
- a hole for the escape of gas or air
- a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
noun
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical ventilation.
- (statistics) Initialism of measured variable.
- Initialism of music video.
- Initialism of motor vehicle.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of mitral valve.
- (nautical) Initialism of motor vessel.
- (nautical) Initialism of merchant vessel.
- (agriculture) Initialism of modern variety.
name
noun
- a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
- a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
- a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
- (anatomy) The trachea.
- (aviation) A flight path used by aeroplanes.
- (mining) A roadway used for ventilation.
noun
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
verb
verb
- To provide with a vent.
- To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
- To expose something to public examination or discussion.
- (slang) To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.
- (intransitive, medicine) To breathe.
- To circulate air through a building, etc.
- To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
- (transitive, medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to (a patient).
- give expression or utterance to
- circulate through and freshen
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape
- expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage
noun
- (naval architecture) A component in a ventilation system.
- A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.
- Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.
- a window with glass louvers
- a shutter made of angled slats
noun
- (architecture) A channel for providing ventilation.
- (rare, weaponry) A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair.
- (botany) A root-like structure that runs along the surface of the ground, putting down roots at a distance as a form of propagation.
- (botany) A filiform shoot of a water plant that floats on the surface of the water and contains bract-like organs.
noun
- (medicine) Ellipsis of mechanical ventilation.
- An exchange of views during a discussion.
- The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
- The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
- The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
- The public exposure of an issue or topic.
- free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest
- the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
- a mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air
- the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
noun
- Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
- A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
- (chiefly in the plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
noun
- (mechanical, HVAC, engineering) Air that is subject to little or no ventilation, thus, little to no air exchange.
- (idiomatic, by extension) A quiet or awkward moment in a conversation where neither individual is speaking.
- (idiomatic, broadcasting) An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which nothing is transmitted: a silent period on radio or a silent period with no picture on television.
- an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
noun
- (mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; a weather door.
- A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
- (theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
- (computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.
- (mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.
verb
noun
- (countable, by extension) A positive-pressure ventilation machine: a PPV device.
- (medicine, firefighting) Initialism of positive-pressure ventilation.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police pursuit vehicle.
- Initialism of purchase price variance.
- (television) Initialism of pay-per-view.
- (polymer) Initialism of polyphenylene vinylene.
- (biology) Porcine parvovirus, a virus causing reproductive failure of swine.
- (surgery) Initialism of peritoneal pull-through vaginoplasty.
noun
- the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
- close or warm friendship
- the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
- extreme stinginess
- a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
- The state of being friends
- (mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
- The state of being close (all senses)
- The state of being mean or stingy
- The state of being secretive
noun
- the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- dull and pompous gravity
- (countable, rare) The result or product of being stuffy.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being angry and obstinate.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being poorly-ventilated and close.
verb
- (transitive) To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
- Pronunciation spelling of are.
- (transitive) To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
- (transitive) To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
- (transitive, British, MLE, slang) To ignore (a person).
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television show etc.).
- (intransitive) To be broadcast.
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- be broadcast
- make public
- expose to fresh air
noun
- (uncountable, usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.
- (uncountable, loosely) The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
- (uncountable) The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
- (historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- (countable, uncountable) An air conditioning system.
- (uncountable, snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.
- A feeling or sense.
- (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- (music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
- (uncountable) Publicity.
- (historical, medicine) A local environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on behavior, health, weather, etc.
- (usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
- A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
- a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- the mass of air surrounding the Earth
- medium for radio and television broadcasting
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- the region above the ground
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- a slight wind (usually refreshing)
- travel via aircraft
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour blood
name
noun
- (plumbing) A vertical pipe attached to a septic system's distribution pipe that rises above the ground to provide ventilation.
- A window with horizontal openings, designed for ventilation.
- A (pre-mixed) alcoholic drink containing rum and a fruit flavor like orange.
- (physics) A bound state of solitons and antisolitons.
- An open-air trolley.
- A school of fish that swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples that look similar to those caused by a light breeze on still water.
noun
- (historical, rare) A vent or breathing-hole in a medieval helmet, for the admission of air.
- (historical) Synonym of aventail (“mail curtain or flap, on a helmet or a mail coif, that protects the lower face and neck”).
- (historical) The movable front part of a medieval helmet, originally including the visor but later specifically the separate lower section.
- a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck
noun
- (countable, mining, chiefly attributive) A ventilating shaft down which air passes in circulating through a mine.
- a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine
- (countable) An act of looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty; hence (uncountable, archaic), dejection, melancholy.
- (countable, computing) A cast (“change of expression of a data type”) from supertype to subtype.
adj
- Of a person or thing: defeated, overthrown; also, destroyed, ruined.
- Of a thing: directed downwards.
- Of the eyes, a facial expression, etc.: looking downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- Of a person or thing: cast or thrown to the ground.
- Of a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
- directed downward
- filled with melancholy and despondency
verb
- To cast or throw (something) downwards; also, to drop or lower (something).
- (figurative) To make (someone) feel despondent or discouraged; to discourage, to sadden.
- To turn (the eyes) downwards, usually as a sign of discouragement, sadness, etc., or sometimes modesty.
- (computing) To cast (“change the expression of”) (a data type) from supertype to subtype.
- (Scotland) To reproach or upbraid (someone); also, to taunt (someone).
- To demolish or tear down (a building, etc.).
noun
- (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
- air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine
- (mining) A current of air passed along such a shaft.
- (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach.
- A message transmitted via upcasting.
- (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage.
- (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype.
- (bowling) A cast; a throw.
adj
verb
noun
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical ventilation.
- (statistics) Initialism of measured variable.
- Initialism of music video.
- Initialism of motor vehicle.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of mitral valve.
- (nautical) Initialism of motor vessel.
- (nautical) Initialism of merchant vessel.
- (agriculture) Initialism of modern variety.
name
noun
- a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)
- a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
- a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another
- the passages through which air enters and leaves the body
- (anatomy) The trachea.
- (aviation) A flight path used by aeroplanes.
- (mining) A roadway used for ventilation.
noun
- A ventilation or heating conduit.
- The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
- (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
- (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (literary) A beam or ray of light.
- The main axis of a feather.
- One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
- (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
- A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
- (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
- The chamber of a blast furnace.
- (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
- A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
- (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
- (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
verb
noun
- (naval architecture) A component in a ventilation system.
- A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.
- Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.
- a window with glass louvers
- a shutter made of angled slats
noun
- (architecture) A channel for providing ventilation.
- (rare, weaponry) A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair.
- (botany) A root-like structure that runs along the surface of the ground, putting down roots at a distance as a form of propagation.
- (botany) A filiform shoot of a water plant that floats on the surface of the water and contains bract-like organs.
noun
- (medicine) Ellipsis of mechanical ventilation.
- An exchange of views during a discussion.
- The replacement of stale or noxious air with fresh.
- The bodily process of breathing; the inhalation of air to provide oxygen, and the exhalation of spent air to remove carbon dioxide.
- The mechanical system used to circulate and replace air.
- The public exposure of an issue or topic.
- free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest
- the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
- a mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air
- the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
noun
- Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.
- A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.
- (chiefly in the plural) A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
noun
- (mechanical, HVAC, engineering) Air that is subject to little or no ventilation, thus, little to no air exchange.
- (idiomatic, by extension) A quiet or awkward moment in a conversation where neither individual is speaking.
- (idiomatic, broadcasting) An unintended interruption in a broadcast during which nothing is transmitted: a silent period on radio or a silent period with no picture on television.
- an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound
noun
- (mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; a weather door.
- A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
- (theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
- (computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.
- (mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.
verb
noun
- (countable, by extension) A positive-pressure ventilation machine: a PPV device.
- (medicine, firefighting) Initialism of positive-pressure ventilation.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police pursuit vehicle.
- Initialism of purchase price variance.
- (television) Initialism of pay-per-view.
- (polymer) Initialism of polyphenylene vinylene.
- (biology) Porcine parvovirus, a virus causing reproductive failure of swine.
- (surgery) Initialism of peritoneal pull-through vaginoplasty.
noun
- the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)
- close or warm friendship
- the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance
- extreme stinginess
- a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
- The state of being friends
- (mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
- The state of being close (all senses)
- The state of being mean or stingy
- The state of being secretive
noun
- the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
- state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
- dull and pompous gravity
- (countable, rare) The result or product of being stuffy.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being angry and obstinate.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being poorly-ventilated and close.
noun
- (plumbing) A vertical pipe attached to a septic system's distribution pipe that rises above the ground to provide ventilation.
- A window with horizontal openings, designed for ventilation.
- A (pre-mixed) alcoholic drink containing rum and a fruit flavor like orange.
- (physics) A bound state of solitons and antisolitons.
- An open-air trolley.
- A school of fish that swim near the surface of the water, causing ripples that look similar to those caused by a light breeze on still water.
noun
- (historical, rare) A vent or breathing-hole in a medieval helmet, for the admission of air.
- (historical) Synonym of aventail (“mail curtain or flap, on a helmet or a mail coif, that protects the lower face and neck”).
- (historical) The movable front part of a medieval helmet, originally including the visor but later specifically the separate lower section.
- a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck
verb
- (transitive) To allow to escape through a vent.
- (medicine, colloquial) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
- (transitive, intransitive) To express a strong emotion.
- To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
- To sell; to vend.
- (intransitive, video games, slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us. [with to ‘to go (somewhere)’]
- (intransitive) To allow gases to escape.
- (transitive) To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
- (transitive) To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
- give expression or utterance to
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
noun
- (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.
- The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
- The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
- Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- Ventriloquism.
- In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
- A slit in the seam of a garment.
- A small aperture.
- A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
- An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
- Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
- external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate
- a hole for the escape of gas or air
- a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket)
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
verb
- To provide with a vent.
- To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
- To expose something to public examination or discussion.
- (slang) To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.
- (intransitive, medicine) To breathe.
- To circulate air through a building, etc.
- To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
- (transitive, medicine) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to (a patient).
- give expression or utterance to
- circulate through and freshen
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape
- expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage
verb
- (transitive) To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
- Pronunciation spelling of are.
- (transitive) To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
- (transitive) To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
- (transitive, British, MLE, slang) To ignore (a person).
- (transitive) To broadcast (a television show etc.).
- (intransitive) To be broadcast.
- expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen
- expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- be broadcast
- make public
- expose to fresh air
noun
- (uncountable, usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, (historical) formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but (meteorology) now considered to be surrounded by the near-vacuum of outer space.
- (uncountable, loosely) The substance of the atmosphere on a planet other than Earth.
- (uncountable) The substance constituting Earth's atmosphere: a gaseous mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and various trace gases.
- A breeze; a gentle wind.
- The substance of the atmosphere seen as an agency of freshness.
- (historical, philosophy, alchemy) One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- (countable, uncountable) An air conditioning system.
- (uncountable, snowboarding, skateboarding, motor sports) The state of being briefly airborne during a jump.
- A feeling or sense.
- (informal) Nothing; absence of anything.
- A sense of poise, graciousness, or quality.
- (music) A melody or song, especially a solo; an aria.
- (uncountable) Publicity.
- (historical, medicine) A local environment or atmosphere, in the context of its effects on behavior, health, weather, etc.
- (usually in the plural) Pretension; snobbishness; pretence that one is better than others.
- A television or radio signal; (by extension) media broadcasts in general.
- a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- the mass of air surrounding the Earth
- medium for radio and television broadcasting
- a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
- the region above the ground
- a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
- a slight wind (usually refreshing)
- travel via aircraft
- once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour blood