tent
1
[ tent ]
/ tɛnt /
noun
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.
something that resembles a tent.
verb (used with object)
to lodge in tents.
to cover with or as if with a tent: In winter the tennis courts are tented inplastic.
verb (used without object)
to live in a tent; encamp.
Origin of tent
1
1250–1300; Middle English
tente < Old French < Latin
tenta, feminine of
tentus past participle of
tendere to extend, stretch; compare
tentōrium tent
OTHER WORDS FROM tent
tent·less, adjective tent·like, adjectiveWords nearby tent
Definition for tent (2 of 3)
tent
2
[ tent ]
/ tɛnt /
verb (used with object) Chiefly Scot.
to give or pay attention to; heed.
Origin of tent
2
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
Definition for tent (3 of 3)
tent
3
[ tent ]
/ tɛnt /
noun
a probe.
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)
to keep (a wound) open with a tent.
Origin of tent
3
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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British Dictionary definitions for tent (1 of 4)
tent
1
/ (tɛnt) /
noun
- a portable shelter of canvas, plastic, or other waterproof material supported on poles and fastened to the ground by pegs and ropes
- (as modifier)tent peg
something resembling this in function or shape
verb
(intr)
to camp in a tent
(tr)
to cover with or as if with a tent or tents
(tr)
to provide with a tent as shelter
Derived forms of tent
tented, adjective tentless, adjective tentlike, adjectiveWord Origin for tent
C13: from Old French
tente, from Latin
tentōrium something stretched out, from
tendere to stretch
British Dictionary definitions for tent (2 of 4)
tent
2
/ (tɛnt) med /
noun
a plug of soft material for insertion into a bodily canal, etc, to dilate it or maintain its patency
verb
(tr)
to insert such a plug into (a bodily canal, etc)
Word Origin for tent
C14 (in the sense: a probe): from Old French
tente (noun), ultimately from Latin
temptāre to try; see
tempt
British Dictionary definitions for tent (3 of 4)
tent
3
/ (tɛnt) /
noun
obsolete
a red table wine from Alicante, Spain
Word Origin for tent
C16: from Spanish
tinto dark-coloured; see
tint
British Dictionary definitions for tent (4 of 4)
tent
4
/ (tɛnt) Scot /
noun
heed; attention
verb (tr)
to pay attention to; take notice of
to attend to
Derived forms of tent
tenter, nounWord Origin for tent
C14: from
attent
attend and
intent