"tents" in the noun sense
1. tent, collapsible shelter
a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs
"he pitched his tent near the creek"
2. tent
a web that resembles a tent or carpet
"tents" in the verb sense
1. camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent
live in or as if in a tent
"Can we go camping again this summer?"
"The circus tented near the town"
"The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
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