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1. 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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2. 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 Mal...
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3. 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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4. Tent
   Tent transitive verb To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.
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5. 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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6. 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, ...
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7. 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...
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8. 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-...
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9. 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...
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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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. &bu...
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13. 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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14. tent
    tent A portable shelter consisting of canvas, skins, etc. stretched over poles and attached to stakes.
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15. 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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16. Tent
    Tent is Scottish slang for to observe, to notice.
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17. Tent
    Tent is Scottish slang for to observe, to notice.
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18. Tent
    A tent is a pavillion or portable lodge made of some flexible cloth material stretched and sustained by poles. The word tent derives from the Latin tentorium meaning 'something stretched'. Early tents were made of canvas and other coarse cloths (hence the expression of sleeping under canvas), modern...
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19. tent
    Type: Term Pronunciation: tent Definitions: 1. Canopy used in various types of inhalation therapy to control humidity and concentration of oxygen in inspired air. 2. Cylinder, usually absorbent, introduced into a canal or sinus to maintain its patency or to dilate it. 3. To elevate or pick up a segm...
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20. Tent
    A `tent` is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope. While smaller tents may be free-standing or attached to the ground, large tents are usually anchored using guy ropes tied to stakes or tent pegs. First...
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21. Tent
    (album) | Name = Tent | Type = Album | Artist = The Nits | Cover = | Released = October 1979 | Recorded = June–October 1979 Artisound, Amsterdam &<br>Relight, Hilvarenbeek | Genre = New wave | Length = ??:?? | Producer = The Nits & Aad Link<br><small>except Tutti Ra...
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