Definition of "tent"
- noun
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.
The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
Attention; regard, care.
Intention; design.
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.
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.
- verb
To go camping.
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.
To form into a tent-like shape.
To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.
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