tent
To go campingTo go camping.
» We pitched our tents before it got dark.
Wir bauten unsere Zelte auf bevor es dunkel wurde. — Esperantostern
Мы разбили палатки, до того как стемнело. — odexed
Ми поставили намети до того, як стемніло. — riveranino
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7 senses(intransitive)To go camping.
We’ll be tenting at the campground this weekend.
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.
(intransitive)To form into a tent-like shape.
The sheet tented over his midsection.
live in or as if in a tent
Synonym of fumigate.
(figuratively, sometimes)To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.
to tent a wound
(Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal)To attend to; to heed.
14th century, anonymous, The Romance of Syr Tryamoure He let hur have wemen at wylle, To tent hur, and that was skylle, And brought hur to bede
(Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal)To guard; to hinder.
Examples
1014 sentencesWe pitched our tents before it got dark.
Ми поставили намети до того, як стемніло. — riveranino
ruМы разбили палатки, до того как стемнело. — odexed
deWir bauten unsere Zelte auf bevor es dunkel wurde. — Esperantostern
Let's put up the tent while it's still light.
Давайте поставимо намет, поки ще світло. — rozmaita
deBauen wir das Zelt auf, solange es noch hell ist. — Zaghawa
How will they get through the cold winter in that tent?
Як вони переживуть холодну зиму у цьому наметі? — aandrusiak
deWie werden sie in diesem Zelt über den kalten Winter kommen? — Manfredo
They live in tents.
Вони живуть у палатках. — deniko
ruОни живут в палатках. — sharptoothed
We slept in a tent.
Ми спали у палатці. — deniko
ruМы спали в палатке. — marafon
deWir haben gezeltet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tentFrom Middle English tente, borrowed from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tenta (“tent”), from the feminine of Latin tentus, ptp. of tendere (“to stretch, extend”), or contracted from *tendita as an alternate past participle. Displaced native Middle English tild, tilt (“tent, tilt”), from Old English teld (“tent”). Compare Spanish tienda (“store, shop; tent”).
From Middle English tent (“attention”), aphetic variation of attent (“attention”), from Old French atente (“attention, intention”), from Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere (“to attend”). Compare tend, from an aphetic variation of attend
From Middle English tente (“a probe”), from Middle French tente, deverbal of tenter, from Latin tentāre (“to probe, test”), alteration of temptāre (“to test, probe, tempt”).
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Forms
tents, tenting, tented, tentedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
7 patterns- pitch the tent
- pitch our tent
- pitch my tent
- pitch your tent
- in a tent
- in his tent
- pitch his tent