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ventilating

ventilating is the present participle and gerund of ventilate.

Meaning of ventilate

Verb

ventilate (third-person singular simple present ventilates, present participle ventilating, simple past and past participle ventilated)

  1. To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
  2. To circulate air through a building, etc.
  3. To provide with a vent.
  4. To expose something to the circulation of fresh air.
  5. 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
  6. (transitive) To provide manual or mechanical breathing to (a patient).

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Adjective

ventilating (comparative more ventilating, superlative most ventilating)

  1. Causing ventilation.
    • A ventilating duct will be installed next month.

Noun

ventilating (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of ventilating.
    • Ventilating is just as important as heating and cooling to the health of our patients in the respiratory ward.
    Synonyms:
    ventilation

Synonyms of ventilating

Forms of ventilating

comparativemore ventilating
superlativemost ventilating

Words formed from ventilating

Phrases with ventilating

Questions about ventilating

What does ventilating mean?
Ventilating means causing ventilation.
What is ventilating the present participle and gerund of?
Ventilating is the present participle and gerund of ventilate.
What part of speech is ventilating?
Ventilating can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near ventilating in the dictionary

  1. ventilagin
  2. ventilatable
  3. ventilate
  4. ventilated
  5. ventilates
  6. ventilating
  7. ventilating shaft
  8. ventilating shafts
  9. ventilation
  10. ventilation shaft
  11. ventilation shafts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ventilating (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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