Ventilate
verb
To let fresh air into a room or a building.
Remember to ventilate the room after cooking to get rid of cooking smells.
Often appears as...
- ventilate the room
- ventilate the building
verb
To discuss something openly and publicly.
The issue was thoroughly ventilated in the court session.
Often appears as...
- ventilate the issue
- ventilate a dilemma
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Academic
verb
To supply (an organ or tissue) with fresh air and remove stale air, by exposure to the air or artificial means.
The patient has been intubated and we are ventilating her lungs.
Often appears as...
- ventilate the lungs
- ventilate a patient
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To let fresh air into a room or a building.
Remember to ventilate the room after cooking to get rid of cooking smells.
Often appears as...
- ventilate the room
- ventilate the building
verb
To discuss something openly and publicly.
The issue was thoroughly ventilated in the court session.
Often appears as...
- ventilate the issue
- ventilate a dilemma
Usage tips
Formal, Neutral
Academic
verb
To supply (an organ or tissue) with fresh air and remove stale air, by exposure to the air or artificial means.
The patient has been intubated and we are ventilating her lungs.
Often appears as...
- ventilate the lungs
- ventilate a patient
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Freshness Emphasis
Using 'ventilate' highlights the bringing in of fresh air, not just any air.
Let's ventilate the kitchen to clear out stale odors and bring in some freshness.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Process
'Ventilate' implies an active effort, not just opening a window passively.
To ensure good air quality, we actively ventilate our office space daily.
Pro Tip 1/2Freshness Emphasis
Using 'ventilate' highlights the bringing in of fresh air, not just any air.
Let's ventilate the kitchen to clear out stale odors and bring in some freshness.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Process
'Ventilate' implies an active effort, not just opening a window passively.
To ensure good air quality, we actively ventilate our office space daily.
Pro Tip 1/2Freshness Emphasis
Using 'ventilate' highlights the bringing in of fresh air, not just any air.
Let's ventilate the kitchen to clear out stale odors and bring in some freshness.
Pro Tip 2/2Active Process
'Ventilate' implies an active effort, not just opening a window passively.
To ensure good air quality, we actively ventilate our office space daily.
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Steve Backshall on a...
octopus but the venom is said to be totally painless and nobody knows that they've been bitten and all of a sudden their heart and their lungs just start to shut down and the only way that you can really save someone who's been bitten by buried octopus is just to ventilate them for as much as 24 hours until the venom leaves their system it's
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Coneheads, egg stacks...
And eventually, they build a distinctive central nest. Using partially digested plant material, soil, and poop, they construct a massive egg-shaped structure, complete with numerous passages, chambers, and ventilation holes. Deep within, they establish a royal cell that's fortified with extra thick walls.
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Architecture that's...
If hallways are making patients sicker, what if we could design a hospital that flips the hallways on the outside, and makes people walk in the exterior? If mechanical systems rarely work, what if we could design a hospital that could breathe through natural ventilation,
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Jessica Green: Are we...
that are extremely controlled environments, like this building here -- environments that have mechanical ventilation systems that include filtering, heating and air conditioning. Given the amount of time that we spend indoors, it's important to understand
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How do ventilators work?...
but rather, as a last resort. Enduring this influx of pressurized air requires heavy sedation, and repeated ventilation can cause long-term lung damage. But in extreme situations, ventilators can be the difference between life and death.
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Why is pneumonia so...
requiring hospitalization and oxygen, artificial ventilation, or other supportive measures while the body fights the infection. Smoking damages the cilia, making them less able to clear even the normal amount of mucus and secretions,
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What it feels like to...
This area of Barcelona is characterized by its strict grid pattern, apartments with communal courtyards and these octagonal intersections which allow for more sunlight, better ventilation and additional parking at street level.
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Smugglers' Tunnel PIPE...
temperature control ventilation hose this or dis runs all the way into the building to the because said it was an air conditioning unit it'll pump in a nice cool air building these passages is an expensive gamble costing up to
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When Cities Were...
or tenements they were small and rarely had windows so there was no light or ventilation houses are overcrowded they're working in factories that breathing on one another that contaminating one another with their
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Re-adapting to Indian...
also wanted a home that has a small energy footprint so there is no air conditioning there is natural ventilation we only use rainwater stored and supplied throughout the year and so
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Steve Backshall on a...
octopus but the venom is said to be totally painless and nobody knows that they've been bitten and all of a sudden their heart and their lungs just start to shut down and the only way that you can really save someone who's been bitten by buried octopus is just to ventilate them for as much as 24 hours until the venom leaves their system it's
Video examples
Coneheads, egg stacks...
And eventually, they build a distinctive central nest. Using partially digested plant material, soil, and poop, they construct a massive egg-shaped structure, complete with numerous passages, chambers, and ventilation holes. Deep within, they establish a royal cell that's fortified with extra thick walls.
Video examples
Architecture that's...
If hallways are making patients sicker, what if we could design a hospital that flips the hallways on the outside, and makes people walk in the exterior? If mechanical systems rarely work, what if we could design a hospital that could breathe through natural ventilation,
Video examples
Jessica Green: Are we...
that are extremely controlled environments, like this building here -- environments that have mechanical ventilation systems that include filtering, heating and air conditioning. Given the amount of time that we spend indoors, it's important to understand
Video examples
How do ventilators work?...
but rather, as a last resort. Enduring this influx of pressurized air requires heavy sedation, and repeated ventilation can cause long-term lung damage. But in extreme situations, ventilators can be the difference between life and death.
Video examples
Why is pneumonia so...
requiring hospitalization and oxygen, artificial ventilation, or other supportive measures while the body fights the infection. Smoking damages the cilia, making them less able to clear even the normal amount of mucus and secretions,
Video examples
What it feels like to...
This area of Barcelona is characterized by its strict grid pattern, apartments with communal courtyards and these octagonal intersections which allow for more sunlight, better ventilation and additional parking at street level.
Video examples
Smugglers' Tunnel PIPE...
temperature control ventilation hose this or dis runs all the way into the building to the because said it was an air conditioning unit it'll pump in a nice cool air building these passages is an expensive gamble costing up to
Video examples
When Cities Were...
or tenements they were small and rarely had windows so there was no light or ventilation houses are overcrowded they're working in factories that breathing on one another that contaminating one another with their
Video examples
Re-adapting to Indian...
also wanted a home that has a small energy footprint so there is no air conditioning there is natural ventilation we only use rainwater stored and supplied throughout the year and so
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Quote examples
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
There are a number of things that can cause your fridge to break down or lose power: electrical shorts or surges, clogged ventilation, et cetera. So it's possible that even with your temperature dial adjusted to the correct position, your fridge might be far warmer than it should be.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
Holloway Prison is a very old place, and it has the disadvantages of old places which have never known enough air and sunshine. It reeks with the odours of generations of bad ventilation, and it contrives to be at once the stuffiest and the draughtiest building I have ever been in.
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John Ridley
American Director
Bad news: Complainers are rewarded for complaining. Indicative of the victim culture in which we live, people have not only come to expect something for nothing, but are then rewarded for how loudly they can ventilate their sense of having been victims of fraud.
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Brigitte Nielsen
Danish Actress
I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.
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George Combe
American Educator
I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed the air which it contained for a full hour, it must have lost much of its vital properties and needed to be renewed.
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Sunita Williams
American Astronaut
Ventilation is needed to ensure we get air disbursed throughout the Station. Air stagnates without flow, so it is essential to have good ventilation so one doesn't end up in a bubble of CO2 by accident and then not be able to breathe.
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Alan Shepard
American Astronaut
The excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad.
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August Krogh
Danish Scientist
There can be little doubt that fishes swimming rapidly do not make respiratory movements at all, but obtain the necessary ventilation of the gills simply by opening the mouth.
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Crystal Bowersox
American Musician
Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer.
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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
English Politician
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
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J. Kenji Lopez-Alt
American Chef
There are a number of things that can cause your fridge to break down or lose power: electrical shorts or surges, clogged ventilation, et cetera. So it's possible that even with your temperature dial adjusted to the correct position, your fridge might be far warmer than it should be.
Quote examples
Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
Holloway Prison is a very old place, and it has the disadvantages of old places which have never known enough air and sunshine. It reeks with the odours of generations of bad ventilation, and it contrives to be at once the stuffiest and the draughtiest building I have ever been in.
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John Ridley
American Director
Bad news: Complainers are rewarded for complaining. Indicative of the victim culture in which we live, people have not only come to expect something for nothing, but are then rewarded for how loudly they can ventilate their sense of having been victims of fraud.
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Brigitte Nielsen
Danish Actress
I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.
Quote examples
George Combe
American Educator
I called their attention also to the absence of all means of ventilating the hall, remarking that, as we had already breathed the air which it contained for a full hour, it must have lost much of its vital properties and needed to be renewed.
Quote examples
Sunita Williams
American Astronaut
Ventilation is needed to ensure we get air disbursed throughout the Station. Air stagnates without flow, so it is essential to have good ventilation so one doesn't end up in a bubble of CO2 by accident and then not be able to breathe.
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Alan Shepard
American Astronaut
The excitement really didn't start to build until the trailer - which was carrying me, with a space suit with ventilation and all that sort of stuff - pulled up to the launch pad.
Quote examples
August Krogh
Danish Scientist
There can be little doubt that fishes swimming rapidly do not make respiratory movements at all, but obtain the necessary ventilation of the gills simply by opening the mouth.
Quote examples
Crystal Bowersox
American Musician
Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer.
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Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
English Politician
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
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