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Verb ventilate has 5 senses
- vent, ventilate, air out, air - expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"
--1 is one way to refresh, freshen
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- ventilate - expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage; "Wheat should be well ventilated"
--2 is one way to expose
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- ventilate - circulate through and freshen; "The gust of air ventilated the room"
--3 is one way to circulate
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- vent, ventilate, give vent - give expression or utterance to; "She vented her anger"; "The graduates gave vent to cheers"
--4 is one way to express, show, evince
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- ventilate - furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; "The architect did not thnk about ventilating the storage space"
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
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