Thesaurus: tent

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1. n. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.
2. n. Attention; regard, care.
3. n. Intention; design.
4. v. t. To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
5. v. t. To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.
6. n. 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.
7. n. A probe for searching a wound.
8. n. 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, especially soldiers in camp.
9. n. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
10. v. i. To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.
11. n. a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
12. n. a web that resembles a tent or carpet