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Meaning of tent | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
tɛnt

Definitions

  1. Attention; regard, care.
    Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal
  2. A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.
  3. A kind of red wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain.
    archaic
  4. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather
  5. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.
  6. Intention; design.
    archaic
  7. A probe for searching a wound.
  8. shop, store
  9. The representation of a tent used as a bearing
  10. To camp in a tent.
  11. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
    archaic
  12. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  13. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church
  14. A small cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice.
  15. A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
    Scotland
  16. third-person singular imperative
  17. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent
  18. To keep (a wound or orifice) open with such a plug.
  19. A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.
  20. To go camping
  21. to give or pay attention to; heed.
  22. a movable shelter made of canvas or other material, supported by poles or a frame and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs. When we go on holiday, we usually sleep in a tent. tent خَيْمَه палатка tenda stan das Zelt telt σκηνή, αντίσκηνοtienda telk چادر teltta tenteאוהל तम्बू šator sátor tenda tjald tenda テント 텐트 palapinė telts khemah tentteltnamiot tenda cort палатка stan šotor šator tält เต็นท์ çadır 帳篷 намет خيمہ lều 帐篷
  23. tienda, cámara esp. para cubrir un espacio en el cual se incluye al paciente;oxygen ___ → ___ o cámara de oxígeno.
  24. 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.
  25. Something resembling such a portable shelter in construction or outline: "her hair a dark tent, her face a thin triangle" (Anne Tyler).
  26. To form a tent over.
  27. To supply with or put up in tents.

Equivalents

العربية الخيمة خيمة
Azərbaycanca alaçıq çadır
Български палатка шатра
བོད་སྐད གུར
Bosanski šator stan намет шатор
Català tenda
Čeština stan
Cymraeg lluest lluesty pabell pall
Dansk telt telte
Deutsch Zelt
Ελληνικά σκηνή
Esperanto tendo
Español carpa pabellón tienda toldo
Eesti telk
Euskara karpan
Suomi teltta
Français guitoune tente
Gaeilge puball
Gàidhlig pùball
Galego tenda
Hausa laima
עברית אהל אוהל
Hrvatski šator stan намет шатор
Magyar sátor
Հայերեն վրան
Bahasa Indonesia tenda
Íslenska tjald
Italiano tenda
日本語 テント 天幕 幕屋
ქართული კარავი
Қазақша шатыр
한국어 천막 텐트
Кыргызча чатыр
Lëtzebuergesch Zelt
Lingála ema
Lietuvių palapinė
Latviešu telts
Te Reo Māori tēneti
Македонски шатор
മലയാളം കൂടാരം
Монгол майхан
मराठी तंबू
Bahasa Melayu khemah
မြန်မာဘာသာ တဲ့
Nederlands tent
Polski namiot
Português acampar barraca tenda
Română cort
Русский Палатка шатёр
Slovenčina stan
Shqip çadër
Српски šator stan намет шатор
Svenska tält tälta
Kiswahili hema
தமிழ் கூடாரம்
Тоҷикӣ хайма
Türkmençe çadyr
Türkçe çadır çerge otağ
Українська намет шатро
اردو خیمہ
Oʻzbekcha chodir
Tiếng Việt lều

Examples

“We were camping in a three-man tent.”
“We bought a new tent that can be put up in five seconds, but it took about twenty minutes to take it down and pack it away.”
“A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled.”
“[…] feeling his erection making a tent in his pants.”
“Lo ! lo ! my frend , take tent to this womman”
“A-pon þe feild his fader went And soght abel wit al his tent”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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