Definizione monolingua

tent

tent (third-person singular simple present tents, present participle tenting, simple past and past participle tented)

1. (intransitive) To go camping.

   We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.

2. (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.
3. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape.

   The sheet tented over his midsection.

tent (plural tents)

1. 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.
2. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

Definizione dizionario tent

	tenda
	portable lodge

accamparsi

padiglione

tampone

tendalino

tendone

Altri significati:

A portable lodging (usually made from waterproof plastic, animal hide or canvas streched by poles) that is used for sheltering people and objects from the weather when camping or at festivals.

(medicine) A probe for searching a wound.

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

(archaic) Attention; regard, care.

(archaic) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.

(medicine) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.

(archaic) Intention; design.

(intransitive) To go camping.

(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.

(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.

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.

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

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