Meaning

9 senses
  1. To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.

    lüften

    expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage

  2. To circulate air through a building, etc.

    belüften, ventilieren

    circulate through and freshen

  3. To provide with a vent.

  4. To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.

    lüften, belüften

    expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen

  5. To expose something to public examination or discussion.

  6. (transitive)To provide manual or mechanical breathing to (a patient).

    beatmen

  7. (intransitive)To breathe.

  8. (slang, transitive)To shoot with a firearm; to pierce with bullets.

  9. (slang, transitive)To stab (a person).

Examples

11 sentences
  1. They ensure the office is well ventilated.

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  2. He opened the window to ventilate the room.

    ruОн открыл окно, чтобы проветрить комнату.

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  3. She opened the window to ventilate the room.

    ruОна открыла окно, чтобы проветрить комнату.

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  4. The rooms are high-ceilinged and well ventilated.

    deDie Zimmer haben eine hohe Decke und sind gut belüftet.

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  5. The building is high-ceilinged and well ventilated.

    deDas Gebäude hat hohe Decken und ist gut belüftet.

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to replace stale or noxious air with fresh:
to circulate air through a building, etc.:
medicine: to provide manual or mechanical breathing to a patient:

Origin

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin ventilātus, past participle of ventilō.

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin ventilātus, past participle of ventilō.

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Forms

ventilates, ventilating, ventilated, ventilated
Base formventilate · to ventilate
3rd person singularventilates
Present participleventilating
Past simpleventilated
Past participleventilated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyventilate
he, she, itventilates

Past simpleLesson

all personsventilated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ventilated
he, she, ithas ventilated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ventilate

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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