Tent Synonyms & Definitions

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• TentDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A probe for searching a wound.
2. (n.) Intention; design.
3. (n.) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.
4. (n.) Attention; regard, care.
5. (n.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
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. (v. i.) To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.
8. (v. t.) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.
9. (v. t.) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
10. (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.

• TenterDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. i.) To admit extension.
2. (n.) One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
3. (n.) A kind of governor.
4. (v. t.) To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
5. (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.

• TentaculumDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair.
2. (n.) A tentacle.