Definition of Tent

1. Noun. A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs). "He pitched his tent near the creek"


2. Verb. Live in or as if in a tent. "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
Exact synonyms: Bivouac, Camp, Camp Out, Encamp
Generic synonyms: Dwell, Inhabit, Live, Populate
Derivative terms: Bivouac, Bivouac, Camp, Camp, Camper, Camping, Encampment, Tenting

3. Noun. A web that resembles a tent or carpet.
Generic synonyms: Web

Definition of Tent

1. n. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.

2. n. Attention; regard, care.

3. v. t. To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.

4. v. t. To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.

5. n. 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.

6. n. 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.

7. v. i. To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.

Definition of Tent

1. 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. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To go camping. ¹

4. Verb. (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. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape. ¹

6. Verb. (archaic) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. ¹

7. Noun. (archaic) Attention; regard, care. ¹

8. Noun. (archaic) Intention; design. ¹

9. 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. ¹

10. Noun. (medicine) A probe for searching a wound. ¹

11. Verb. (medicine) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively. ¹

12. Noun. (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tent

1. to live in a tent (a type of portable shelter) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Tent

1. 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. "The tent that searches To the bottom of the worst." (Shak) Origin: F. Tente. See Tent to probe. 1. 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. "Within his tent, large as is a barn." (Chaucer) 2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing. Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy. Tent caterpillar, any one of several species of gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth (Clisiocampa Americana). Synonym: lackery caterpillar, and webworm. Origin: OE. Tente, F. Tente, LL. Tenta, fr. L. Tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Tent a roll of lint. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tent

tensor fascia lata
tensor fasciae latae
tensor muscle of fascia lata
tensor muscle of soft palate
tensor muscle of tympanic membrane
tensor tarsi muscle
tensor tympani
tensor veli palati muscle
tensored
tensorial
tensorially
tensoring
tensors
tensure
tensynovitis
tent (current term)
tent-caterpillar moth
tent-fly
tent-maker
tent-makers
tent camping
tent caterpillar
tent flap
tent peg
tent stitch
tent wine
tentacle
tentacled
tentaclelike

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