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Tents

/tɛnts/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Tents"

noun
  1. 1

    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.

    "We were camping in a three-man tent."

  2. 2

    The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

  3. 3

    A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.

  4. 4

    A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

verb
  1. 1

    To go camping.

    "We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend."

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    To form into a tent-like shape.

    "The sheet tented over his midsection."

noun
  1. 1

    Attention; regard, care.

  2. 2

    Intention; design.

verb
  1. 1

    To attend to; to heed

  2. 2

    To guard; to hinder.

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