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Meaning of 'tent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tent [ n.]
- A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.
- Attention; regard, care.
- Intention; design.
- A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
- A probe for searching a wound.
- A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.
- The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
2 . Tent [ v. i.]
- To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.
3 . Tent [ v. t.]
- To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
- To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.

Meaning of 'tent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tent [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
Example in sentence:
  • he pitched his tent near the creek
2 . tent [ v]
Meaning (2):
- live in or as if in a tent
Example in sentence:
  • Can we go camping again this summer?;
  • The circus tented near the town;
  • The houseguests had to camp in the living room

Nearby Words:

ten ten-o'clock ten-pounder ten-strike tenability tenable tenableness tenace tenacies tenacious

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