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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ventilate \Ven"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ventilated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Ventilating.] [L. ventilatus, p. p. of
     ventilare to toss, brandish in the air, to fan, to winnow,
     from ventus wind; akin to E. wind. See Wind rushing air.]
     1. To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply
        with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to
        ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a
        mine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as,
        to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To change or renew, as the air of a room. --Harvey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to
        penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and
        discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy.
        --Ayliffe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To give vent; to utter; to make public.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Macaulay took occasion to ventilate one of those
              starling, but not very profound, paradoxes. --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ventilate \Ven"ti*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ventilated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Ventilating.] [L. ventilatus, p. p. of
     ventilare to toss, brandish in the air, to fan, to winnow,
     from ventus wind; akin to E. wind. See Wind rushing air.]
     1. To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply
        with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to
        ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a
        mine.
  
     2. To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as,
        to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
  
     3. To change or renew, as the air of a room. --Harvey.
  
     4. To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.
  
     5. To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to
        penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and
        discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy.
        --Ayliffe.
  
     6. To give vent; to utter; to make public.
  
              Macaulay took occasion to ventilate one of those
              starling, but not very profound, paradoxes. --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ 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, 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, give
          vent]
       5: furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to
          escape; "The architect did not thnk about ventilating the
          storage space"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ventilate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la ventilō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: ventilar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ventilate
     vb.
     1 To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
     2 To circulate air through a building, etc.
     3 To provide with a vent.
     4 To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
     5 To expose something to public examination or discussion.
     6 (lb en transitive medicine) To provide manual or mechanical
  breathing to (a patient).
     7 (lb en intransitive medicine) To breathe.
     8 (lb en slang) To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ventilate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la ventilō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: ventilar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ventilate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la ventilō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: ventilar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ventilate
     Englanti vb.
     tuulettaa

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/
  هوّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/ 
  1. вентилирам
  To circulate air through a building, etc.
  2. изяснявам
  To expose something to public examination or discussion
  3. проветрявам
  To replace stale or noxious air with fresh

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/
  větrat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/
  provětrat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/ 
  awyro 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/ 
  gwyntyllu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/ 
  belüften, lüften 
   see: ventilated, ventilated, ventilates, ventilated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/ 
  einem Bergwerk/Schacht Frischluft zuführen, ein Bergwerk / einen Schacht bewettern, die Wetter fassen / führen  [veraltet]  [min.]
     Synonyms: aerate, air a mine/shaft
  
   see: ventilating, aerating, airing a mine, ventilated, aerated, aired a mine
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/ 
  ventilieren 
   see: ventilating, ventilated, ventilates, ventilated
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/
  
  αερίζω

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  ventilate /ventileit/
  1. aérer
  2. ventiler

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/ 
  1. हवा~करना
        "Ventilate the rooms well"
  2. प्रकाश~में~लाना
        "The unhygienic food in the canteen was ventilated by the students."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/
  provjetravati, provjetriti, ventilirati, vjetriti

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/
  aerare, arieggiare, ventilare

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  ventilate /ventileit/
  vėdinti, ventiliuot

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  ventilate /ventileit/
  1. luchten, spuien, uitluchten, ventileren
  2. wannen

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  ventilate /ˈventɪleɪt/ 
    wentylować

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  ventilate /ventileit/
  arejar, ventilar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  ventilate /ventileit/
  ventilar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ventilate /vˈɛntɪlˌeɪt/
  1. hava vermek, havalandırmak
  2. açığa vurmak, ilan etmek. ventilating fan vantilatör, fırıldaklı yelpaze. ventila'tion  havalandırma. ventilator  havalandırma düzeni, vantilator.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈvɛnəˌɫeɪt/, /ˈvɛntəˌɫeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "ventilate":
     aerate, air, air out, air-condition, air-cool, airify, analyze,
     break it to, break the news, breathe, bring up, broach, canvass,
     chew the fat, chill, come out with, comment upon, confide,
     confide to, consider, controvert, cool, cross-ventilate, deal with,
     debate, deliberate, deliberate upon, discourse, discourse about,
     discuss, display, divulgate, divulge, evulgate, examine,
     exchange views, fan, freshen, freshen the air, fumigate, give,
     give out, give vent to, go into, handle, ice, ice-cool,
     infrigidate, introduce, investigate, knock around, let get around,
     let in on, let out, make known, make public, moot, open up,
     out with, oxygenate, oxygenize, pass under review, publish, put,
     put out, rap, reason, reason about, reason the point, refresh,
     refrigerate, reveal, review, sift, state, study, take up, talk,
     talk about, talk of, talk over, tell, thresh out, treat, utter,
     vent, wind, winnow
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 使...空气流通;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 使空气流通,使通风,宣布,公开

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