Look up: tent

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   tent
   [n] - a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
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   Tent
   Tent noun [ Spanish tinto , properly, deep-colored, from Latin tinctus , past participle of tingere to dye. See Tinge , and confer Tint , Tinto .] A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine , and tinta .
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   Tent
   Tent noun [ Confer Attent , noun ] 1. Attention; regard, care. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Lydgate. 2. Intention; design. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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   Tent
   Tent transitive verb To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.
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   Tent
   Tent transitive verb [ Old French tenter . See Tempt .] To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively. « I'll tent him to the quick.» Shak.
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   Tent
   Tent noun [ French tente . See Tent to probe.] (Surg.) (a) 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. (b) A probe for searching a wound. « The tent that searches To the bottom of the worst.» S ...
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   Tent
   Tent noun [ Middle English tente , French tente , Late Latin tenta , from Latin tendere , tentum , to stretch. See Tend to move, and confer Tent a roll of lint.] 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 sold ...
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   Tent
   Tent intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tented ; present participle & verbal noun Tenting .] To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle. Shak. « We 're tenting to-night on the old camp ground.» W. Kittredge.
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   tent
   <surgery> 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 p ...
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    tent
    collapsible shelter 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`
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    Tent
    A `tent` is a shelter, consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles and/or ropes. Some tent styles are free-standing, while others are attached to the ground using guy ropes tied to stakes (pegs). Tents were first used as portable homes by nomadic peoples, but today, their main application is for recreational camping. Modern tents are usually made of fire-retardant material. Tents range in size fro...
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    tent
    (tent) a fabric covering for enclosing an open space, especially such a covering over a patient's bed for administering oxygen or aerosol by inhalation. a conical, expansible plug of soft material for dilating an orifice or keeping a wound open to prevent healing except at the bottom. t...
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    Tent
    • (n.) A probe for searching a wound. • (n.) Intention; design. • (n.) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta. • (n.) Attention; regard, care. • (n.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing. • (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or ...
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    tent
    portable shelter, consisting of a rigid framework covered by some flexible substance. Tents are used for a wide variety of purposes, including ... [4 related articles]
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    tent
    tent A portable shelter consisting of canvas, skins, etc. stretched over poles and attached to stakes.
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    tent
    tent, portable shelter of canvas, skins, felt, matting, or other material usually supported by poles and used chiefly by nomads, hunters, and campers. Tents have been used by pastoral peoples since ancient times and are mentioned in the Old Testament and in Homer. Persian tents, usually circular, we...
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