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tent

noun
/tɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).

  1. derived from tentus
  2. derived from *tenta✻
  3. derived from tente
  4. inherited from tente

Definitions

  1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched…

    A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

    • We were camping in a three-man tent.
    • We bought a new tent that can be put up in five seconds, but it took about twenty minutes to take it down and pack it away.

  2. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

  3. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.

    • A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled.
  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. A trouser tent

      A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

      • […] feeling his erection making a tent in his pants.

    2. To go camping.

      • We’ll be tenting at the campground this weekend.

    3. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to…

      To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.

    4. To form into a tent-like shape.

      • The sheet tented over his midsection.

    5. Synonym of fumigate.

    6. To attend to

      To attend to; to heed.

      • 14th century, anonymous, The Romance of Syr Tryamoure He let hur have wemen at wylle, To tent hur, and that was skylle, And brought hur to bede

    7. To guard

      To guard; to hinder.

    8. Attention

      Attention; regard, care.

      • Lo ! lo ! my frend , take tent to this womman

    9. Intention

      Intention; design.

      • A-pon þe feild his fader went And soght abel wit al his tent

    10. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent,…

      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.

    11. A probe for searching a wound.

    12. To probe or to search with a tent

      To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

      • to tent a wound
      • I'll tent him to the quick.

    13. A kind of red wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.

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Derived

bell-tent, big-tent, cook-tent, eastern tent caterpillar, fold like a cheap tent, fold one's tent, pitch a tent, strike the tent, tent bed, tent camping, tent caterpillar, tented arch, tent embassy, tentism, tent-maker, tent meeting, tent peg, tent pegging, tentpole, tent pole, tent pole movie, tent revival, tent rock, tent-sack, were you born in a tent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at tent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01tent02skins03drums04drum05barrel06hoops07basketball08hoop

A definitional loop anchored at tent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at tent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA