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1. (n.) tent
a portable shelter or temporary structure of fabric or skins supported by poles and usu. secured by stakes in the ground.
2. tent
something that resembles a tent.
3. (v.t.) tent
to provide with or lodge in tents.
4. (v.i.) tent
to live in a tent; encamp.
5. (Chiefly Scot.) tent
to give or pay attention to; heed.
6. (n.) tent
a surgical probe.
7. tent
a roll or pledget, usu. of soft absorbent material, as lint or gauze, for dilating an orifice, keeping a wound open, etc.
8. (v.t.) tent
to keep (a wound) open with a tent.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME tente a probe < MF, n. der. of tenter < L tentāre, var. of temptāre to probe, test. See tempt)
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1. (noun) tent, collapsible shelter
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) tent
a web that resembles a tent or carpet
3. (verb) camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent
live in or as if in a tent
"Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
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1. (noun) tent
a piece of camping equipment for sleeping in
to put up a tent
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) tent
a kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta
2. (noun) tent
attention; regard, care
3. (noun) tent
intention; design
4. (noun) tent
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
5. (noun) tent
a probe for searching a wound
6. (noun) tent
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. (noun) tent
the representation of a tent used as a bearing
8. (verb) tent
to attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder
9. (verb) tent
to probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively
10. (verb) tent
to lodge as a tent; to tabernacle
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Sense: a movable shelter made of canvas or other material, supported by poles or a frame and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs
When we go on holiday, we usually sleep in a tent.
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 Afrikaans: tent |
 Arabic: خَيْمَه |
 Bulgarian: палатка |
 Brazilian: tenda |
 Czech: stan |
 German: das Zelt |
 Danish: telt |
 Greek: σκηνή, αντίσκηνο |
 Spanish: tienda (de campaña) |
 Estonian: telk |
 Farsi: چادر |
 Finnish: teltta |
 French: tente |
 Hebrew: אוֹהֶל |
 Hindi: तम्बू |
 Croatian: šator |
 Hungarian: sátor |
 Indonesian: tenda |
 Icelandic: tjald |
 Italian: tenda |
 Japanese: テント |
 Korean: 텐트 |
 Lithuanian: palapinė |
 Latvian: telts |
 Malay: khemah |
 Dutch: tent |
 Norwegian: telt |
 Polish: namiot |
 Portuguese: tenda |
 Romanian: cort |
 Russian: палатка |
 Slovak: stan |
 Slovenian: šotor |
 Serbian: šator |
 Swedish: tält |
 Thai: เต็นท์ |
 Turkish: çadır |
 Taiwanese: 帳篷 |
 Ukrainian: намет |
 Urdu: خيمہ |
 Vietnamese: lều |
 Chinese: 帐篷 |
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