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    GIVE VENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Give expression or utterance toplay

    Example:

    The graduates gave vent to cheers

    Synonyms:

    give vent; vent; ventilate

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "give vent" is one way to...):

    evince; express; show (give expression to)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s PP

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