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Definition of 'tent'Etymology 1
(etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
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.
(archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
Verb
( en-verb)
To go camping.
- We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.
(cooking) 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.
To form into a tent-like shape.
- The sheet tented over his midsection.
See also
* camp
* lean-to
* tarp
Etymology 2
(etyl) .
Verb
( en-verb)
(archaic|UK|Scotland|dialect) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
- (Halliwell)
Noun
( en-noun)
(archaic|UK|Scotland|dialect) Attention; regard, care.
- (Lydgate)
(archaic) Intention; design.
- (Halliwell)
Etymology 3
(etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(medicine) 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.
(medicine) A probe for searching a wound.
Verb
( en-verb)
(medicine|sometimes|figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.
- to tent a wound
* Shakespeare
- I'll tent him to the quick.
Etymology 4
(etyl) . More at tinge, tint, tinto.
Noun
( en-noun)
(archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.
( Webster 1913)
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