tent

Definition

  • n. a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
  • n. a web that resembles a tent or carpet

Word forms

Past tense
tented
Present participle
tenting
Third person singular
tents
Past participle
tented

Example sentences

  1. n.

    We set up a tent by the lake for our camping trip.

  2. vi.

    They decided to tent in the forest for the weekend.

  3. vt.

    We need to tent the area to keep the insects away.