venting
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 →
2) Venting is letting air, gas, smoke or steam escape through an opening. tree →
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 →
- She was venting to her best friend about her brother. tree →
- The kitchen fan is venting the steam outside. tree →
- Venting your feelings can help, but don't be unkind. tree →
- The volcano was venting gas and ash. tree →
- He spent an hour venting about the referee. tree →
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.
- Shouting at the TV is venting, letting out frustration; it changes nothing, and it is not about the child.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «venting» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.