English dictionary
tent
/t/E/nt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
ExamplesHe pitched his tent near the creek.
Synonyms collapsible shelterSource: WordNet 3.0
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a web that resembles a tent or carpet
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also <i>tent wine</i>, and <i>tinta</i>.
Source: webster1913
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Attention; regard, care.
Source: webster1913
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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.
Source: webster1913
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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.
Source: webster1913
verb
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live in or as if in a tent
ExamplesThe circus tented near the town.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
Source: webster1913
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To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to <i>tent</i> a wound. Used also figuratively.
Source: webster1913
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To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.
Source: webster1913