tent¹ /tent/

1. A portable shelter of canvas or other cloth stretched on poles and attached to the ground by pegs
2. Anything resembling a tent, eg (medicine) an enclosure within which to regulate the oxygen supply to a patient
3. A temporary field pulpit
4. A common shelter spun by a company of caterpillars

1. To camp in a tent
2. To camp temporarily

1. To cover or shelter (as if) with a tent
2. To lodge in tents

tentˈage noun

1. Tents collectively
2. Material for making tents

tenˈted adjective

1. Covered with tents
2. Formed like a tent
3. (of a settlement or camp) dwelling in tents

tentˈer noun

Someone who lives in a tent

tentˈful noun

As many as a tent will hold

tentˈing noun adjective (Keats)

Having the form of a tent

tentˈless adjective

tentˈwise adverb

tent bed noun

A camp bed, a bed with a canopy hanging from a central point

tent caterpillar noun

Any of several caterpillars that build communal shelters in trees

tent cloth noun

Cloth suitable for tents

tent coat, tent dress, etc noun

A coat, dress, etc shaped like a circular tent, narrow at the shoulders and wide at the hem

tentˈ-fly noun

1. A flap forming a door to a tent
2. A subsidiary outer roof to a tent

tentˈ-guy noun

A stay or guy rope for a tent

tentˈmaker noun

tent peg or tent pin noun

A strong notched peg driven into the ground to fasten a tent

tentˈ-pegging noun

The sport of riding at full speed and trying to bear off a tent peg on the point of a lance

tent pole noun

A pole to support a tent

tentˈ-preaching noun

Open-air preaching

tent rope noun

A rope for securing a tent to a peg

big tent see under big¹

tent² /tent/

1. A plug or roll of soft material for dilating a wound or keeping open an orifice (medicine)
2. A probe (obsolete)

1. To dilate or keep open with a tent (medicine)
2. To probe (obsolete)

tent³ /tent/

A deep-red Spanish wine

tent⁴ /tent/ (Scot)

Heed

To take heed or notice of, attend to

tentˈer noun

A person who tends, esp to a machine

tentˈie or tentˈy adjective

Wary, attentive

tent⁵ /tent/

An embroidery or tapestry frame

tent stitch noun

1. An embroidery stitch made in parallel series diagonally to the canvas threads
2. Tent-work

tentˈ-work noun

Work in tent stitch

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