noun intention; design.
2. tent ·noun attention; regard, care.
3. tent ·noun a probe for searching a wound.
4. tent ·noun the representation of a tent used as a bearing.
5. tent ·vi to lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.
6. tent ·vt to attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
7. tent ·vt to probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. used also figuratively.
8. tent ·noun a kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from galicia or malaga in spain;
called also tent wine, and tinta.
9. tent ·noun a pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.
10. tent ·noun 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.