Definitions of tent:

  • noun:   a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)
    Example: "He pitched his tent near the creek"
  • verb:   live in or as if in a tent
    Example: "The circus tented near the town"
  • name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #59755)