safety-valve (English, verb)
expansion: safety-valve (third-person singular simple present safety-valves, present participle safety-valving, simple past and past participle safety-valved)
expansion: (transitive)
Senses:
glosses: 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
glosses: Sometimes followed by off:
To install a relief valve on (such a container) for that purpose.
tags: transitive
glosses: Sometimes followed by off:
To use some mechanism to relieve (physical or emotional pressure or tension).
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: safety-valves
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: safety-valving
tags: participle
present
form: safety-valved
tags: participle
past
form: safety-valved
tags: past
form: safety valve
tags: alternative