A very old and elaborate ball-game played by two, three, or four persons in a building specially constructed for the purpose, a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court, sports A sport played by either two or four players with strung racquets, a 2«" (6.4 cm) ball, and a net approximately 3 feet high on a clay, grass, or cement court, transitive verb_ rare To drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis, To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball

The act or process of stretching something tight, A force tending to stretch or elongate something, Barely controlled hostility or a strained relationship between people or groups, verb_ To place an object in tension, to pull or place strain on

A portable shelter made of fabric or other material stretched over a supporting framework of poles and usually stabilized or secured to the ground with cords and stakes, An apparatus used in field-photography as a substitute for the dark room, A probe for searching a wound, verb_ medicine To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a wound. Used also figuratively, archaic To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder, transitive verb_ To keep (a wound or orifice) open with such a plug, To attend; wait on, To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent. Used also figuratively, intransitive verb_ To camp in a tent, To lodge as a tent; to tabernacle, To go camping

A limited or established period of time that something is supposed to last, as a school or court session, tenure in public office, or a prison sentence, A deadline, as for making a payment, A word or group of words having a particular meaning, especially in a specific field, transitive verb_ To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate, To designate; call

Of, at, relating to, or forming a limit, boundary, extremity, or end, Relating to or occurring in a term or each term, Causing, ending in, or approaching death; fatal, noun_ A position in a circuit or device at which a connection is normally established or broken, A building in an airport where travelers board and get off airplanes, That which terminates or ends; termination; extremity

Plural form of terminal

The act of terminating or the condition of being terminated, The act of limiting, or setting bounds; the act of terminating; the act of ending or concluding_ as, Thursday was set for the termination of the debate, The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding

The vocabulary of technical terms used in a particular field, subject, science, or art; nomenclature, The terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms, a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

Plural form of term, status with respect to the relations between people or groups, the amount of money needed to purchase something

A porch or walkway bordered by colonnades, A flat, narrow stretch of ground, often having a steep slope facing a river, lake, or sea, A narrow strip of landscaped earth in the middle of a street, verb_ To provide something with a terrace, make into terraces as for cultivation, provide (a house) with a terrace, transitive verb_ To form into a terrace or terraces; to furnish with a terrace or terraces, To form (a hillside or sloping lawn, for example) into terraces, To provide (a house, for example) with a terrace or terraces