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tented

[ten-tid]
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adjective
  1. covered with or living in a tent or tents.
  2. shaped like a tent.

Origin of tented

First recorded in 1595–1605; tent1 + -ed3
Related formshalf-tent·ed, adjective

tent

1
[tent]
noun
  1. a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
  2. something that resembles a tent.
  3. tent dress.
verb (used with object)
  1. to lodge in tents.
  2. to cover with or as if with a tent: In winter the tennis courts are tented inplastic.
verb (used without object)
  1. to live in a tent; encamp.

Origin of tent

1
1250–1300; Middle English tente < Old French < Latin tenta, feminine of tentus past participle of tendere to extend, stretch; compare tentōrium tent
Related formstent·less, adjectivetent·like, adjective

tent

2
[tent]
verb (used with object) Chiefly Scot.
  1. to give or pay attention to; heed.

Origin of tent

2
1250–1300; Middle English, derivative of tent (noun) attention, aphetic variant of attent < Old French atente attention, intention < Latin attenta, feminine of attentus, past participle of attendere to attend

tent

3
[tent]Surgery
noun
  1. a probe.
  2. a roll or pledget, usually of soft absorbent material, as lint or gauze, for dilating an orifice, keeping a wound open, etc.
verb (used with object)
  1. to keep (a wound) open with a tent.

Origin of tent

3
1325–75; Middle English tente a probe < Middle French, noun derivative of tenter < Latin tentāre, variant of temptāre to probe, test. See tempt
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Related Words for tented

reside, squat, exist, bide, inhabit, quarter, settle, billet, tent, bivouac, perch, park, tarry, rest, rent, bunk, abide, occupy, continue, lodge

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British Dictionary definitions for tented

tent

1
noun
    1. a portable shelter of canvas, plastic, or other waterproof material supported on poles and fastened to the ground by pegs and ropes
    2. (as modifier)tent peg
  2. something resembling this in function or shape
verb
  1. (intr) to camp in a tent
  2. (tr) to cover with or as if with a tent or tents
  3. (tr) to provide with a tent as shelter
Derived Formstented, adjectivetentless, adjectivetentlike, adjective

Word Origin for tent

C13: from Old French tente, from Latin tentōrium something stretched out, from tendere to stretch

tent

2
noun
  1. a plug of soft material for insertion into a bodily canal, etc, to dilate it or maintain its patency
verb
  1. (tr) to insert such a plug into (a bodily canal, etc)

Word Origin for tent

C14 (in the sense: a probe): from Old French tente (noun), ultimately from Latin temptāre to try; see tempt

tent

3
noun
  1. obsolete a red table wine from Alicante, Spain

Word Origin for tent

C16: from Spanish tinto dark-coloured; see tint

tent

4
noun
  1. heed; attention
verb (tr)
  1. to pay attention to; take notice of
  2. to attend to
Derived Formstenter, noun

Word Origin for tent

C14: from attent attend and intent
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Word Origin and History for tented

tent

v.

"to camp in a tent," 1856, from tent (n.). Related: Tented; tenting.

tent

n.

c.1300, "portable shelter of skins or cloths stretched over poles," from Old French tente (12c.), from Medieval Latin tenta "a tent," noun use of fem. singular of Latin tentus "stretched," variant past participle of tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). The notion is of "stretching" hides over a framework. Tent caterpillar first recorded 1854.

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