Sekirov Dictionary

tent

/tɛnt/

noun9

  1. a place people put up outside to sleep in, safe from rain and wind, made of strong material spread over poles
  2. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
  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.
  4. (Scotland) A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
  5. A probe for searching a wound.
  6. (no longer used) A kind of red wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.
  7. (dialect, no longer used) Attention; regard, care.
  8. (no longer used) Intention; design.
  9. (no longer used) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

verb7

  1. To go camping.
  2. 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.
  3. To form into a tent-like shape.
  4. Synonym of fumigate.
  5. To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.
  6. (dialect, no longer used) To attend to; to heed.
  7. (dialect, no longer used) To guard; to hinder.
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