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tent

[tent]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.
tent dress.

verb (used with object)

to lodge in tents.
to cover with or as if with a tent.
In winter the tennis courts are tented in plastic.

verb (used without object)

to live in a tent; encamp.

tent

[tent]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a roll or pledget, usually of soft absorbent material, as lint or gauze, for dilating an orifice, keeping a wound open, etc.
a probe.

verb (used with object)

to keep (a wound) open with a tent.

tent

[tent]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Scot.

to give or pay attention to; heed.

tent

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noun

1. a portable shelter of canvas, plastic, or other waterproof material supported on poles and fastened to the ground by pegs and ropes
2. ( 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

tent

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noun

heed; attention

verb

to pay attention to; take notice of
to attend to

tent

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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)

tent

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noun

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tentless adjective
tentlike adjective
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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tent¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English tente, from Old French, from Latin tenta, feminine of tentus, past participle of tendere “to extend, stretch”

Origin of tent²

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English tent(e), teint(e) “a probe,” from Middle French tente “a probe, roll of lint,” noun derivative of tenter, from Latin �ٱ�Գ��, variant of �ٱ𳾱�� tempt

Origin of tent³

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, tente(n), “to plan, intend, look after,” derivative of tent(e) “attention,” shortening of attent, past participle of attenden “to pay attention to, heed,” from Old French atente “attention, intention,” from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere to attend

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tent¹

C13: from Old French tente, from Latin �ٱ�Գ�ō��ܳ� something stretched out, from tendere to stretch

Origin of tent²

C14: from attent _attend and _intent

Origin of tent³

C14 (in the sense: a probe): from Old French tente (noun), ultimately from Latin �ٱ𳾱�� to try; see _tempt

Origin of tent⁴

C16: from Spanish tinto dark-coloured; see _tint

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As with all festivals, check ahead on the weather - last year three stages were closed and tents were filmed taking off after Storm Lilian hit.

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Since then, the complaints have ballooned with some homeowners even holding a protest in April outside State Farm General’s claims tent on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena.

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It's since become a common complaint under the GOP's big tent for nativists of all stripes.

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He was asking the folks at the Japanese American National Museum on the corner whether they had any surveillance footage, because lights and a tent had been stolen off the restaurant’s patio the night before.

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Dogs are not allowed inside the yurts but are allowed in kennels outside the units, and at tent sites.

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