"safety-valve" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈseɪftɪˌvælv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈseɪftiˌvælv/ [General-American] Forms: safety-valves [plural]
Etymology: See safety valve. Head templates: {{en-noun}} safety-valve (plural safety-valves)
  1. Alternative form of safety valve Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: safety valve
    Sense id: en-safety-valve-en-noun-bvLhVlbX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈseɪftɪˌvælv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈseɪftiˌvælv/ [General-American] Forms: safety-valves [present, singular, third-person], safety-valving [participle, present], safety-valved [participle, past], safety-valved [past]
Etymology: From safety valve (noun). Head templates: {{en-verb}} safety-valve (third-person singular simple present safety-valves, present participle safety-valving, simple past and past participle safety-valved)
  1. Sometimes followed by off:
    To use a relief valve on (a container holding a gas or vapour) to relieve excessive pressure which has built up inside.
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-safety-valve-en-verb-F7GeiYb6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 30 30 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 31 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 32 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 33 33
  2. Sometimes followed by off:
    To install a relief valve on (such a container) for that purpose.
    Tags: transitive Translations (to install a relief valve on (such a container) for that purpose): asentaa varoventtiili (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-safety-valve-en-verb-TkUKSbUi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 30 30 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 31 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 32 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of 'to install a relief valve on (such a container) for that purpose': 26 67 7
  3. Sometimes followed by off:
    (figuratively) To use some mechanism to relieve (physical or emotional pressure or tension).
    Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (to use some mechanism to relieve (physical or emotional pressure or tension)): purkautua (Finnish) Translations (to use some mechanism to relieve pressure): päästää painetta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-safety-valve-en-verb-TOxb8ftZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 30 30 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 31 31 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 32 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of 'to use some mechanism to relieve (physical or emotional pressure or tension)': 17 3 80 Disambiguation of 'to use some mechanism to relieve pressure': 33 4 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: safety valve
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "[…] I have often thought that it was a great error in our legislature when they consented to put down the public lotteries in England. I am convinced that they were beneficial, acting as safety-valves to the gambling spirit of the nation, and that their prohibition has been productive of much crime and misery.",
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