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[tent] 
,| 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. | tent dress. |
| 4. | to lodge in tents. |
| 5. | to cover with or as if with a tent: In winter the tennis courts are tented inplastic. |
| 6. | to live in a tent; encamp. |
1250–1300; ME tente < OF < L tenta, fem. of tentus ptp. of tendere to extend, stretch; cf. tentōrium tent
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2 [tent] | to give or pay attention to; heed. |
1250–1300; ME, deriv. of tent (n.) attention, aph. var. of attent < OF atente attention, intention < L attenta, fem. of attentus, ptp. of attendere to attend
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3 [tent] ,Surgery| 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. |
| 3. | to keep (a wound) open with a tent. |
1325–75; ME tente a probe < MF, n. deriv. of tenter < L tentāre, var. of temptāre to probe, test. See tempt
tent dress
| a loose-fitting dress that gradually flares outward or grows fuller from the shoulder to the hem and has no waistline. |
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| tent 1 (těnt) n.
v. intr. To camp in a tent. v. tr.
[Middle English, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tendita, from feminine past participle of Latin tendere, to stretch out; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] |
| tent 2 (těnt) 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. [Middle English tente, from Old French, from tenter, to probe, from Latin tentāre, to feel, try; see tentative.] |
| tent 3 (těnt) tr.v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents Scots
[Middle English tenten, from tent, attention, short for attent, from Old French attente, from Vulgar Latin *attendita, from feminine past participle of Latin attendere, to wait on; see attend.] |
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Tent
Tent\, n. [Cf. Attent, n.]1. Attention; regard, care. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Lydgate. 2. Intention; design. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.Tent
Tent\, v. t. To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell.Tent
Tent\, v. t. [OF. 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.Tent
Tent\, n. [F. 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. --Shak.Tent
Tent\, n. [OE. tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr. L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. 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 soldiers in camp. Within his tent, large as is a barn. --Chaucer. 2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing. Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy. Tent caterpillar (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth (Clisiocampa Americana). Called also lackery caterpillar, and webworm.Cite This Source
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Main Entry: tent
Pronunciation: 'tent
Function: noun
: a canopy or enclosure placed over the head and shoulders to retain vapors or oxygen during medicaladministration
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tent 1 (těnt)
n.
A canopy used in various types of inhalation therapy to control the humidity and oxygen concentration of inspired air.
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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Tent
(1.) Heb. 'ohel (Gen. 9:21, 27). This word is used also of a dwelling or habitation (1 Kings 8:66; Isa. 16:5; Jer. 4:20), and of the temple (Ezek. 41:1). When used of the tabernacle, as in 1 Kings 1:39, it denotes the covering of goat's hair which was placed over the mishcan. (2.) Heb. mishcan (Cant. 1:8), used also of a dwelling (Job 18:21; Ps. 87:2), the grave (Isa. 22:16; comp. 14:18), the temple (Ps. 46:4; 84:2; 132:5), and of the tabernacle (Ex. 25:9; 26:1; 40:9; Num. 1:50, 53; 10:11). When distinguished from 'ohel, it denotes the twelve interior curtains which lay upon the framework of the tabernacle (q.v.). (3.) Heb. kubbah (Num. 25:8), a dome-like tent devoted to the impure worship of Baal-peor. (4.) Heb. succah (2 Sam. 11:11), a tent or booth made of green boughs or branches (see Gen. 33:17; Lev. 23:34, 42; Ps. 18:11; Jonah 4:5; Isa. 4:6; Neh. 8:15-17, where the word is variously rendered). Jubal was "the father of such as dwell in tents" (Gen. 4:20). The patriarchs were "dwellers in tents" (Gen. 9:21, 27; 12:8; 13:12; 26:17); and during their wilderness wanderings all Israel dwelt in tents (Ex. 16:16; Deut. 33:18; Josh. 7:24). Tents have always occupied a prominent place in Eastern life (1 Sam. 17:54; 2 Kings 7:7; Ps. 120:5; Cant. 1:5). Paul the apostle's occupation was that of a tent-maker (Acts 18:3); i.e., perhaps a maker of tent cloth.
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