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- 1 A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
"We were camping in a three-man tent."
- 2 Attention; regard, care. Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal
"Lo ! lo ! my frend , take tent to this womman"
- 3 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.
- 4 A kind of red wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain. archaic
- 5 a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs) wordnet
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- 6 The representation of a tent used as a bearing. archaic
- 7 Intention; design. archaic
"A-pon þe feild his fader went And soght abel wit al his tent"
- 8 A probe for searching a wound.
- 9 a web that resembles a tent or carpet wordnet
- 10 A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church. Scotland
"A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled."
- 11 A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
"[…] feeling his erection making a tent in his pants."
- 1 To go camping. intransitive
"We’ll be tenting at the campground this weekend."
- 2 To attend to; to heed Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal
"14th century, anonymous, The Romance of Syr Tryamoure He let hur have wemen at wylle, To tent hur, and that was skylle, And brought hur to bede"
- 3 To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent. figuratively, sometimes
"to tent a wound"
- 4 live in or as if in a tent wordnet
- 5 To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
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- 6 to guard; to hinder. Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal
- 7 To form into a tent-like shape. intransitive
"The sheet tented over his midsection."
- 8 Synonym of fumigate.
Etymology
From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).
From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).
From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). Compare tend, from an aphetic variation of attend
From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). Compare tend, from an aphetic variation of attend
From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tentāre (“to probe, test”), alteration of temptāre (“to test, probe, tempt”).
From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tentāre (“to probe, test”), alteration of temptāre (“to test, probe, tempt”).
From Spanish tinto (“deep-colored”), from Latin tīnctus, past participle of tingo (“to dye”). More at tinge. Doublet of tint and tinto. Compare claret (“French red wine”), also from color.
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