tent

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tent1

▶noun a portable shelter made of fabric, supported by one or more poles and stretched tight by cords attached to pegs driven into the ground. ▶verb

• 1 cover with or as if with a tent.

  ■ arrange in a tent-like shape.

  ■ (as adj. tented) composed of or provided with tents.

• 2 live in a tent.

– origin ME: from OFr. tente, based on L. tent-, tendere ‘to stretch’.

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tent2

▶noun a deep red sweet wine chiefly from Spain, used especially as sacramental wine.

– origin ME: from Sp. tinto ‘deep-coloured’, from L. tinctus ‘dyed, stained’, from tingere.

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▶noun Surgery a piece of absorbent material inserted into an opening to keep it open or widen it gradually.

– origin ME (also denoting a probe): from OFr. tente, from tenter ‘to probe’, from L. temptare ‘handle, try’.