Ventilate the room well while applying the paint. I work in a very poorly-ventilated building.
If you ventilate a room or building, you allow fresh air to get into it. Ventilate the room properly when paint stripping. [VERB noun] The pit is ventilated by a steel fan. [VERB noun] .badly ventilated.
Definition of ventilate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [usually passive] to allow fresh air to enter and move around a room, building, etc. be ventilated (by something) The bathroom.
- 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.
(of air or wind) to circulate through or blow on, so as to cool or freshen the air of: Cool breezes ventilated the house. to expose to the action of air or wind: to ventilate floor timbers.
The entire speech, indeed the entire opening act of this President's second term, was ventilated by the extraordinary air that has blown around the world from Iraq since Sunday's elections.
Dec 4, 2025 · ventilate (third-person singular simple present ventilates, present participle ventilating, simple past and past participle ventilated) To replace stale or noxious air with fresh.
