1. (noun)tent, collapsible shelter a portableshelter (usually of canvas stretched oversupporting 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"