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tent

(t/E/nt )

a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)(noun.artifact)

Example:
He pitched his tent near the creek.

Synonym:
collapsible shelter

source: wordnet30
a web that resembles a tent or carpet(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.(noun)

source: webster1913
Attention; regard, care.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

live in or as if in a tent(verb.stative)

Example:
The circus tented near the town.

Synonym:
bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp

source: wordnet30
To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.(verb)

source: webster1913
To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.(verb)

source: webster1913
To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.(verb)

source: webster1913

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