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noun
1.
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
2.
something that resembles a tent.
3.
verb (used with object)
4.
to lodge in tents.
5.
to cover with or as if with a tent: In winter the tennis courts are tented inplastic.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
verb (used without object)
6.
to live in a tent; encamp.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English tente < Old French < Latin tenta, feminine of tentus past participle of tendere to extend, stretch; compare tentōrium tent
1250–1300; Middle English tente < Old French < Latin tenta, feminine of tentus past participle of tendere to extend, stretch; compare tentōrium tent
Related forms
tent·less, adjective
tent·like, adjective
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verb (used with object) Chiefly Scot.
to give or pay attention to; heed.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English, derivative of tent (noun) attention, aphetic variant of attent < Old French atente attention, intention < Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere to attend
1250–1300; Middle English, derivative of tent (noun) attention, aphetic variant of attent < Old French atente attention, intention < Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere to attend
noun
1.
a probe.
2.
a roll or pledget, usually of soft absorbent material, as lint or gauze, for dilating an orifice, keeping a wound open, etc.
verb (used with object)
3.
to keep (a wound) open with a tent.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English tente a probe < Middle French, noun derivative of tenter < Latin tentāre, variant of temptāre to probe, test. See tempt
1325–75; Middle English tente a probe < Middle French, noun derivative of tenter < Latin tentāre, variant of temptāre to probe, test. See tempt
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Word Origin & History
tent
c.1300, "portable shelter of skins or cloths stretched over poles," from O.Fr. tente (12c.), from M.L. tenta "a tent," noun use of fem. sing. of L. tentus "stretched," variant pp. of tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). The notion is of "stretching" hides over a framework. The
EXPANDverb meaning "to camp in a tent" is recorded from 1856. Tent caterpillar first recorded 1854.
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Medical Dictionary
tent 2
n.
A small, cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice. v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents
To keep a wound or an orifice open with such a plug.
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