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tent1

Pronunciation: /tɛnt/
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Definition of tent

noun

  • a portable shelter made of cloth, supported by one or more poles and stretched tight by cords or loops attached to pegs driven into the ground.
  • Medicineshort for oxygen tent.

verb

  • 1 [with object] cover with or as if with a tent:the garden had been completely tented over for supper
  • (as adjective tented) composed of or provided with tents:they were living in large tented camps
  • arrange in a tent-like shape:Tim tented his fingers
  • 2 [no object] (especially of travelling circus people) live in a tent.

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French tente, based on Latin tent- 'stretched', from the verb tendere. The verb dates from the mid 16th century

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