to tent
3
2.8
- verb
- /tɛnt/
:
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- After packing our gear, we planned to tent under the stars near the lake.
- tent tonight
Examples
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Most visitors fly from Dar es Salaam into one of the reserve's tented camps.
Academic text (1998) -
Tenting in the wild is not for the timid.
Academic text (1994) -
I mean, if you tell your folks we're gonna tent out in my backfield?
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We'll tell our folks that we're tenting in your backfield.
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When we used to tent camp, we hated being near RVs because of the generators.
Blog text (22) -
We lived in a tented camp within the wolves' territory, a constant but unobtrusive presence, documenting, recording, and photographing life inside the pack.
Blog text (24) -
We've never owned new cars, and the ones we own are paid for. For "vacation," we tent-camp for a weekend, we eat chicken and hamburger, wear our clothes into the ground, and supplement with second-hand clothing (Goodwill, etc.).
Blog text (33) -
We decided to tent in the mountains for a week to enjoy nature.
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During the summer, many families choose to tent at national parks.
Synonyms
220
1.0
To stay in a tent or simple shelter outdoors
51
1.0
To sleep outdoors in a tent for fun
48
2.4
To sleep outdoors for a short time, often in a tent
5
2.9
To put up a tent for camping
5
7.6
To set up tents or temporary shelters and live there for a time
1
9.5
To stay for a short time in a simple camp outdoors, often without tents
1
9.9
To sleep outdoors in a simple shelter
To live for a short time in a tent or simple shelter
Make a small outdoor shelter to sleep in
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A young stage of a moth that lives in groups and eats leaves, leaving a flat web like a carpet
A large shelter with a square base and sloping sides that meet at the top to form a pyramid
- Offensive
A visible bulge in the front of a man's trousers when he is sexually excited
A small tent shaped like a triangle without a floor that gives temporary cover outdoors
- Archaic
A large cone-shaped canvas tent held up by a central tripod with an opening at the top for air
- US
A large camping shelter with four straight cloth walls that gives more room inside than a normal tent
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
To tent (to live in a tent) comes from Latin tendere 'to stretch' — the same root as tension and extend — because you stay under the cloth that is 'stretched' to make a temporary home.