tent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: tĕnt, IPA: /tent/, SAMPA: /tent/
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  Rhymes: -ɛnt

[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Noun

tent (plural tents)

1. (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.
2. (archaic) Attention; regard, care.
3. (archaic) Intention; design.
4. (medicine) 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.
5. (medicine) A probe for searching a wound.
6. 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.
7. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

[edit] Derived terms

• fold one's tent

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[edit] Verb

to tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)

1. (intransitive) To go camping.

   We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.

2. (medicine) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.
3. (cooking) 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. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape.

   The sheet tented over his midsection.

[edit] Translations

• (to go camping): Swedish: tälta

[edit] See also

• camp
• lean-to
• tarp

[edit] Etymology 2

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[edit] Verb

to tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)

1. (archaic) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ˈtɛn.tə(n)]

[edit] Noun

tent m. (plural tenten, diminutive tentje, diminutive plural tentjes)

1. tent (for camping)

[edit] Derived terms

• circustent
• hottentottententententoonstelling