tent

noun

A portable shelter made of fabric or other material stretched over a supporting framework of poles and usually stabilized or secured to the ground with cords and stakes.

noun

Something resembling such a portable shelter in construction or outline.

intransitive verb

To camp in a tent.

intransitive verb

To form a tent over.

intransitive verb

To supply with or put up in tents.

noun

A small cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice.

transitive verb

To keep (a wound or orifice) open with such a plug.

transitive verb

To pay heed to.

transitive verb

To attend; wait on.

To pitch one’s tent; live in or as in a tent.