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tent

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[ tent ]

noun

  1. 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.
  2. something that resembles a tent.

verb (used with object)

  1. to lodge in tents.
  2. to cover with or as if with a tent:

    In winter the tennis courts are tented in plastic.

verb (used without object)

  1. to live in a tent; encamp.

tent

2

[ tent ]

noun

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

verb (used with object)

  1. to keep (a wound) open with a tent.

tent

3

[ tent ]

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Scot.
  1. to give or pay attention to; heed.

tent

1

/ 迟蓻苍迟 /

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

  2. something resembling this in function or shape
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to camp in a tent
  2. tr to cover with or as if with a tent or tents
  3. tr to provide with a tent as shelter
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tent

2

/ 迟蓻苍迟 /

noun

  1. a plug of soft material for insertion into a bodily canal, etc, to dilate it or maintain its patency
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to insert such a plug into (a bodily canal, etc)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tent

3

/ 迟蓻苍迟 /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    a red table wine from Alicante, Spain
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tent

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/ 迟蓻苍迟 /

noun

  1. heed; attention
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to pay attention to; take notice of
  2. to attend to
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞迟别苍迟濒别蝉蝉, adjective
  • 藞迟别苍迟藢濒颈办别, adjective
  • 藞迟别苍迟别诲, adjective
  • 藞迟别苍迟别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟别苍迟顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 迟别苍迟顎僱颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tent1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English tente, from Old French, from Latin tenta, feminine of tentus, past participle of tendere 鈥渢o extend, stretch鈥

Origin of tent2

First recorded in 1325鈥75; Middle English tent(e), teint(e) 鈥渁 probe,鈥 from Middle French tente 鈥渁 probe, roll of lint,鈥 noun derivative of tenter, from Latin 迟别苍迟腻谤别, variant of 迟别尘辫迟腻谤别 tempt

Origin of tent3

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English, tente(n), 鈥渢o plan, intend, look after,鈥 derivative of tent(e) 鈥渁ttention,鈥 shortening of attent, past participle of attenden 鈥渢o pay attention to, heed,鈥 from Old French atente 鈥渁ttention, intention,鈥 from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere to attend
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tent1

C13: from Old French tente, from Latin 迟别苍迟艒谤颈耻尘 something stretched out, from tendere to stretch

Origin of tent2

C14 (in the sense: a probe): from Old French tente (noun), ultimately from Latin 迟别尘辫迟腻谤别 to try; see tempt

Origin of tent3

C16: from Spanish tinto dark-coloured; see tint

Origin of tent4

C14: from attent attend and intent
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Metcalf and Anthony got into a scuffle at a track tournament after arguing about whether Anthony was allowed to hang out in Metcalf's team tent.

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It was not easy 鈥 they slept in fields and pitched a tent for her sermons.

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Al-Natour spoke to us from the shattered remains of his city, the flimsy canvas side of the tent which now forms part of his house billowing behind him.

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On Saturday, a large blue inflatable police tent had been placed around the black car that struck the victim as well as a white van in the middle of Stonyhurst Road.

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"They live in shelters, they even live in tents in the streets."

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