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ventilated

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ven·ti·late  (vntl-t)
tr.v. ven·ti·lat·ed, ven·ti·lat·ing, ven·ti·lates
1. To admit fresh air into (a mine, for example) to replace stale or noxious air.
2. To circulate through and freshen: A sea breeze ventilated the rooms.
3. To provide with a vent, as for airing.
4. To expose (a substance) to the circulation of fresh air, as to retard spoilage.
5. To expose to public discussion or examination: The students ventilated their grievances.
6. To aerate or oxygenate (blood).

[Middle English ventilaten, to blow away, from Latin ventilre, ventilt-, to fan, from ventulus, diminutive of ventus, wind; see w- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj.1.ventilated - exposed to air; "a well ventilated room"
unventilated - not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms"
Translations
ventilated
adj room, buildingbelüftet; well/poorly ventilatedgut/schlecht belüftet


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Even the dungeon-like vaults beneath, now lighted and ventilated on the most approved modern plan, had been turned as if by magic into kitchens, servants' offices, ice-rooms, and wine cellars, worthy of the splendour of the grandest hotel in Italy, in the now bygone period of seventeen years since.
The hall is badly ventilated, and the speeches, including my own, will not be worth hearing.
And thus Van Baerle was to have the most admirably fitted aspect, and, besides, a large, airy, and well ventilated chamber where to preserve his bulbs and seedlings; while he, Boxtel, had been obliged to give up for this purpose his bedroom, and, lest his sleeping in the same apartment might injure his bulbs and seedlings, had taken up his abode in a miserable garret.
 
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