A circle cut out of a garment as a decorative effect, typically at the front or back neckline of a dress.
A mortise for a key or cotter.
A gravitational keyhole.
Any small opening resembling the hole for a key in shape or function.
A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.
A transient column of vapor or plasma formed when using high energy beams, such as lasers, for welding or cutting.
The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line; key.
The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns.
A welding method in which a hole forms in the surface immediately ahead of the puddle in the direction of welding. The hole is filled as the weld progresses.
To strike a target after wobbling in flight so that the long axis of the bullet does not follow the line of flight, typically due to insufficient spin resulting from the rifling in the barrel.
A slit in the seam of a garment.
An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
A small aperture.
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
Ventriloquism.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates.
A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
To allow gases to escape.
To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
To express a strong emotion.
To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
To sell; to vend.
To allow to escape through a vent.