Definitions

1. noun

A portable shelter, typically with fabric walls and a frame, used for temporary or seasonal accommodation.

“They pitched a tent in the backyard for the summer.”

2. verb

To provide or live in a tent, especially as a temporary or seasonal dwelling.

“The nomads tented in the desert during the winter.”

3. verb

To encamp or take up quarters in a tent, especially as a temporary or seasonal dwelling.

“The soldiers tented in the field after the long march.”