Associations to the word «Tent»

TENT, noun. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering persons from the weather.

TENT, noun. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

TENT, verb. (intransitive) To go camping.

TENT, verb. (cooking) 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.

TENT, verb. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape.

TENT, verb. (archaic) (UK) (Scotland) (dialect) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.

TENT, noun. (archaic) (UK) (Scotland) (dialect) Attention; regard, care.

TENT, noun. (archaic) Intention; design.

TENT, noun. (medicine) 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.

TENT, noun. (medicine) A probe for searching a wound.

TENT, verb. (medicine) (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

TENT, noun. (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.

TENT CAMPING, noun. Camping in tents, as an outdoor activity

TENT CATERPILLAR, noun. (entomology) A larva belonging to any of a number of species of moths of the genus Malacosoma, known for destructive infestation of trees in which the leaves are consumed and prominent, silken tent-like structures are constructed in the branches.

TENT EMBASSIES, noun. Plural of tent embassy

TENT EMBASSY, noun. (Australia) A semipermanent encampment set up as the focal point of a protest, particularly with regard to the rights of indigenous people.

TENT PEG, noun. A peg, driven into the ground, to hold a rope that supports a tent.

TENT POLE, noun. Alternative form of tentpole

TENT POLE MOVIE, noun. Alternative form of tentpole movie

TENT ROCK, noun. A hoodoo (spire of rock).

TENT WINE, noun. (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain

TENT, noun. A portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek".

TENT, noun. A web that resembles a tent or carpet.

TENT, verb. Live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room".