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tent
noun
- a portable shelter consisting of canvas, skins, etc. stretched over poles and attached to stakes
- anything suggestive of a tent, as an oxygen tent
adjective
of or like a tent
intransitive verb
to live in a tent; encamp
transitive verb
- to lodge in tents
- to cover with or as if with a tent
noun
Med. a plug of gauze, lint, etc. placed into an opening or wound to dilate it or keep it open
transitive verb
to insert such a plug in
See tent in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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