1. Let in fresh air to replace the current air
   "ventilate the smoke-filled rooms";
   - vent, air out, air
    
2. Expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage
   "Wheat should be well ventilated"
    
3. Circulate through and freshen
   "The gust of air ventilated the room"
    
4. Furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape
   "The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space"
    
5. Give expression or utterance to
   "She needed to ventilate her frustrations about the project";
   - vent, give vent

Derived forms: ventilated, ventilates, ventilating

Type of: alter, change, circulate, evince [formal], expose, express, freshen, modify, refresh, show

Encyclopedia: Ventilate