Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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vent | Yes | No | Yes | No |
active | Yes | Yes | No | No |
vent (noun) | active (noun) |
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activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion | a person who is a participating member of an organization |
external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate | the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb |
a hole for the escape of gas or air | chemical agent capable of activity |
a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket) | |
a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt |
vent (adjective) | active (adjective) |
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(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being | |
characterized by energetic activity | |
tending to become more severe or wider in scope | |
disposed to take action or effectuate change | |
(of e.g. volcanoes) erupting or liable to erupt | |
(of e.g. volcanoes) capable of erupting | |
full of activity or engaged in continuous activity | |
exerting influence or producing a change or effect | |
engaged in full-time work | |
expressing that the subject of the sentence has the semantic function of actor: | |
(of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions | |
in operation | |
taking part in an activity | |
engaged in or ready for military or naval operations |
vent (verb) | active (verb) |
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expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | |
give expression or utterance to |