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tenting

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verb

  1. To go camping.“We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.”
  2. To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.
  3. To form into a tent-like shape.“The sheet tented over his midsection.”

verb

  1. To attend to; to heed
  2. To guard; to hinder.

verb

  1. (sometimes figurative) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.“to tent a wound”

noun

  1. Material used for making tents.

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