[tɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a portable shelter made of cloth, supported by one or more poles and stretched tight by cords or loops attached to pegs driven into the ground


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tente, based on Latin tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere. The verb dates from the mid 16th century

[tɛnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cover with or as if with a tent
(e.g: the garden had been completely tented over for supper)

- live or stay for a while in a tent
(e.g: we tented with the kids on the shores of Lake Huron)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tente, based on Latin tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere. The verb dates from the mid 16th century

[tɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a deep red sweet wine chiefly from Spain, used especially as sacramental wine


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Spanish tinto ‘deep-coloured’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyed, stained’, from the verb tingere

[tɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a piece of absorbent material inserted into an opening to keep it open, or especially to widen it gradually as the material absorbs moisture


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (also denoting a surgical probe): from Old French tente, from tenter ‘to probe’, from Latin temptare ‘handle, test, try’