tent

Definition of Tent in English :

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Noun

1. collapsible shelter, tent

a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

Example Sentences:
'he pitched his tent near the creek'

collapsible shelter

2. tent

a web that resembles a tent or carpet

Verb

3. bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent

live in or as if in a tent

Example Sentences:
'Can we go camping again this summer?'
'The circus tented near the town'
'The houseguests had to camp in the living room'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tent

see synonyms of tent

noun

1.

a.

a portable shelter of canvas, plastic, or other waterproof material supported on poles and fastened to the ground by pegs and ropes

b.

(as modifier)

tent peg

2.

something resembling this in function or shape

verb

3. (intransitive)

to camp in a tent

4. (transitive)

to cover with or as if with a tent or tents

5. (transitive)

to provide with a tent as shelter

noun

1.

a plug of soft material for insertion into a bodily canal, etc, to dilate it or maintain its patency

verb

2. (transitive)

to insert such a plug into (a bodily canal, etc)

noun

obsolete

a red table wine from Alicante, Spain

noun

1.

heed; attention

verb (transitive)

2.

to pay attention to; take notice of

3.

to attend to

Tent

see synonyms of tent

noun

1.

a portable shelter consisting of canvas, skins, etc. stretched over poles and attached to stakes

2.

anything suggestive of a tent, as an oxygen tent

adjective

3.

of or like a tent

verb intransitive

4.

to live in a tent; encamp

verb transitive

5.

to lodge in tents

6.

to cover with or as if with a tent

noun

1. Medicine

a plug of gauze, lint, etc. placed into an opening or wound to dilate it or keep it open

verb transitive

2.

to insert such a plug in

Tent

see synonyms of tent

n.

1. A portable shelter made of fabric or other material stretched over a supporting framework of poles and usually stabilized or secured to the ground with cords and stakes.

2. Something resembling such a portable shelter in construction or outline: "her hair a dark tent, her face a thin triangle" (Anne Tyler).

v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents

v.intr.

To camp in a tent.

v.tr.

1. To form a tent over.

2. To supply with or put up in tents.

n.

A small cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice.

tr.v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents

To keep (a wound or orifice) open with such a plug.

tr.v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents
Scots

1. To pay heed to.

2. To attend; wait on.

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