A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

“We were camping in a three-man tent.”

The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.

To go camping.

“We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend.”

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.

To form into a tent-like shape.

“The sheet tented over his midsection.”