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Meaning of tents
noun
- A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather. Example: We were camping in a three-man tent.
- The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
- A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
- A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
verb
- To go camping. Example: We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.
- 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.
- To form into a tent-like shape. Example: The sheet tented over his midsection.
noun
- Attention; regard, care.
- Intention; design.
verb
- To attend to; to heed
- To guard; to hinder.
noun
- 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.
- A probe for searching a wound.
verb
- (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent. Example: to tent a wound
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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