- tent⇄adj. tentlike.
- tent⇄noun heed; care.
- tent⇄noun 1. a movable shelter made of canvas or skins supported by a pole or poles. Modern tents often have fiberglass screen windows, sewed-in floors, and zippered openings.
2. a tentlike device to regulate the temperature and humidity of the air in - tent⇄noun 1. a roll of gauze that increases in size when wet, used to dilate an opening.
2. (Obsolete.) a probe. - tent⇄tent (1), noun, verb.
- tent⇄tent (2), noun, verb.
(Medicine.) - tent⇄tent (3), noun, verb.
(Scottish.) - tent⇄v.i. to live in or as if in a tent.
Ex. We're tenting tonight on the old campground (Walter Kittredge). - tent⇄v.t. to keep open with a tent.
- tent⇄v.t. 1. to cover with or as if with a tent.
2. to put up or lodge in a tent or tents. - tent⇄v.t. 1. to take or have charge and care of.
2. to heed.
3. to hinder.
4. to teach.