"ventilate" meaning in English

See ventilate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈvɛntɪleɪt/ Audio: en-au-ventilate.ogg [Australia] Forms: ventilate [canonical], ventilates [third-person, singular], ventilated [past], ventilated [past, participle], ventilating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|ventilat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are asked to ventilate the room, it means that you have to let air circulate by opening the windows or doors.
    Sense id: simple-ventilate-en-verb-BomK~XWM
  2. If you are asked to ventilate a person, it means that you have to provide manual or mechanical breathing to them.
    Sense id: simple-ventilate-en-verb-1oLKa2M7 Categories (other): Medicine
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