tent

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for tent

tent 🔊 /tɛˈnt/

tent : කූඩාරම

tent definition

Noun.

  1. A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.
  2. Attention; regard, care.
  3. Intention; design.
  4. 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.
  5. A probe for searching a wound.
  6. 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.
  7. The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

Transitive verb.

  1. To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
  2. To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.

Intransitive verb. To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle.