ventilated
ventilated is the simple past and past participle of ventilate.
Meaning of ventilate
Verb
ventilate (third-person singular simple present ventilates, present participle ventilating, simple past and past participle ventilated)
- To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
- To circulate air through a building, etc.
- To provide with a vent.
- To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
- To expose something to public examination or discussion.
- "Well, I did my best. I had no hopes, and it has worked out as I thought. It is a pure waste of time." "Not at all," Malone answered. "It has ventilated an evil. There were reporters in court. Surely some of them have some sense. They will note the injustice."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
- To provide manual or mechanical breathing to (a patient).
Adjective
ventilated (comparative more ventilated, superlative most ventilated)
- That is able to, or is designed to, ventilate.
Forms of ventilated
| comparative | more ventilated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ventilated |
Words formed from ventilated
Questions about ventilated
- What does ventilated mean?
- Ventilated means that is able to, or is designed to, ventilate.
- What is ventilated the simple past and past participle of?
- Ventilated is the simple past and past participle of ventilate.
- What part of speech is ventilated?
- Ventilated is an adjective.
Words near ventilated in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ventilated (page history and authors); ventilate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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