Camp Definition

kămp
camped, camper, camping, camps, campest
noun
camps
A place where tents, huts, barracks, or other more or less temporary structures have been put up, as for soldiers in training or in bivouac.
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A tent, cabin, etc., or a group of these, used for temporary lodging, as by hunters or fishermen.
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The position taken by such a group.
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Military life.
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A place in the country for vacationers, esp. children, with outdoor recreation, often organized and supervised.
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verb
camped, camping, camps
To set up a camp; encamp.
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To live or stay in or as if in a camp.
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To put into a camp.
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To provide with accommodations.
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To act in a histrionic or exaggerated manner.
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Synonyms:
Antonyms:
adjective
camper, campest

Characterized by camp.

Webster's New World
Given to or characterized by exaggerated, effeminate mannerisms.
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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Cyclic AMP.
American Heritage Medicine
Central Atlantic magmatic province.
Wiktionary
idiom
break camp
  • to dismantle a camp; pack up camping equipment and go away
Webster's New World
camp it up
  • to behave in a camp way
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Other Word Forms of Camp

Noun

Singular:
camp
Plural:
camps

Adjective

Base Form:
camp
Comparative:
camper
Superlative:
campest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Camp

Origin of Camp

  • Obsolete French perhaps from Italian or Spanish campo all from Latin campus field

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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