WordDictionary

Noun:

• medicine A probe for searching a wound.
• 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.
• archaic A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.
• archaic Attention; regard, care.
• archaic Intention; design.
• archaic The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
• medicine 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.

Verb:

• archaic To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
• cooking 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.
• intransitive To form into a tent-like shape.
• intransitive To go camping.
• medicine To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively.