tent | Lernwerd

Forms

1.A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
- We were camping in a three-man tent.
- We bought a new tent that can be put up in five seconds, but it took about twenty minutes to take it down and pack it away.
2.A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
- A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled.
3.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.
- The bear began tearing at the tent.
4.A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
- The bear began tearing at the tent.

1.To go camping.
- We’ll be tenting at the campground this weekend.
2.Synonym of fumigate.
3.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.To form into a tent-like shape.
- The sheet tented over his midsection.

Uncommon· #3563

From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp.

of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle.