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tents, plural;
  1. Cover with or as if with a tent
    • - the garden had been completely tented over for supper
  2. Arrange in a shape that looks like a tent
    • - Tim tented his fingers
  3. Composed of or provided with tents
    • - they were living in large tented camps
  4. (esp. of traveling circus people) Live in a tent

Noun
  1. A portable shelter made of cloth, supported by one or more poles and stretched tight by cords or loops attached to pegs driven into the ground


  1. 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"
  2. camp: 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"
  3. a web that resembles a tent or carpet
  4. (tenting) camping: the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
  5. A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles or attached to a supporting rope. While smaller tents may be free-standing or attached to the ground, large tents are usually anchored using guy ropes tied to stakes or tent pegs. ...
  6. TPP Nikola Tesla is a power plant complex operated by EPS, located on the right bank of the river Sava, approximately 40 km upstream from Belgrade, near the town of Obrenovac. ...
  7. Tent is an album by The Nits. It was released in 1979 by Columbia Records.
  8. The Tent (also known as The Tent: A Parable in One Sitting) is a parable by Gary Paulsen that was published in 1995. ...
  9. The Tent is a book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 2006. Although classified with Atwood’s short fiction, The Tent has been characterized as an “experimental” collection of “fictional essays" or “mini-fictions.” The work also incorporates line drawings by Atwood.
  10. (Tenten (Naruto)) The Naruto anime and manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a fictional universe where different countries vie for power by using ninja who can use supernatural abilities in combat. ...
  11. 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; The representation of a tent used as a bearing; To go camping; To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up ...
  12. (Tented) like a tent in shape or form
  13. (Tenten) has loads of weapon scrolls; seriously, where does she hide all of those? And hasn't she lost lots of blood opening those scrolls? Whatever; see also tomboy
  14. (Tenting) The covering of holes in a printed board and the surrounding conductive pattern with a dry film resist.
  15. (Tenting) A term used to describe a letter that contains a tent-shaped form. Terminal stroke The last stroke of a word; endstroke.
  16. (Tenting) An effect in the recipient area when the grafts are planted too superficially. The hairs exit from a little mound or tent.
  17. (Tenting) Placing aluminum foil over your clay to help keep them from burning. Fold in a V shape, like a tent and place over clay, preferably without touching clay.
  18. (Tenting) The failure of a multiple-part continuous form that has been folded into it's packing box to fully straighten out after being run through a computer printer.
  19. (tenting) A special TeamRaiser feature for overnight events where participants who meet certain criteria can request other participants to share their tents. For details, refer to Managing Tenting.
  20. (tenting) An indication of decreased skin turgor, as exhibited by a fold of skin remaining or holding in the pinched position after being released.
  21. Tents requiring delivery can be delivered at least one day prior to the event. To avoid Smoke Damage charges, NO COOKING UNDER TENTS & CANOPIES
  22. To dream of being in a tent, foretells a change in your affairs. To see a number of tents, denotes journeys with unpleasant companions. If the tents are torn or otherwise dilapidated, there will be trouble for you.
  23. Every nomadic culture around the globe constructs tents based on two basic requirements; environment and available material. The Plains Indians of North America lived in cold environments with deer skins available in large quantity. Their shelter of choice was the tee-pee. ...
  24. A tent shaped structure on the upper part of a glass chandelier where necklaces of drops attach at the top to a canopy and at the bottom to a larger ring.
  25. tentative; used in association with the station name when logging a station without a definite station identification or other proof of the identity of the observed radio station, but when there is reason to believe that it nevertheless was the station mentioned