tent
/tɛnt/ verb C2- To go camping. · We’ll be tenting at the campground this weekend.
- To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
- To form into a tent-like shape. · The sheet tented over his midsection.
- Synonym of fumigate.
He/she/it tents · Past tented · Past participle tented · -ing form tenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- tent
- He/she/it
- tents
- Past
- tented
- Past participle
- tented
- -ing form
- tenting
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Tent of the laurel.
“Oh, Mar--Marilla,” chattered Anne, “I’ll b-b-be contt-tented with c-c-commonplace places after this.”
She saw all the glories of the camp: its tents stretched forth in beauteous uniformity of lines, crowded with the young and the gay, and dazzling with scarlet; and, to complete the view, she saw herself seated beneath a tent, tenderly flirting with at least six officers at once.
Until now, it had been undecided whether the supper should take place in the dining-room, or under a long tent erected on the lawn, but the beautiful blue sky, studded with stars, had settled the question in favor of the lawn.
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