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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adjective
camper, campest
Characterized by camp.
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Given to or characterized by exaggerated, effeminate mannerisms.
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abbreviation
Cyclic AMP.
American Heritage Medicine
Central Atlantic magmatic province.
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idiom
break camp
- to dismantle a camp; pack up camping equipment and go away
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camp it up
- to behave in a camp way
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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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