Camp

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1 English

1.1 Noun

1.1.1 Translations

1.2 Adjective
1.3 Verb
1.4 Related terms

English

Noun

camp (pl camps)

An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accomodation.
An army base, not necessarily temporary.

Translations

outdoor temporary accommodation

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Czech: tábor m
Slovak: tábor m

Adjective

camp (comparative camper, superlative campest)

Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
(of a gay man) Ostentatiously effeminate.
of or related to a camp
The camp kitchen provides three hot meals a day.

Verb

to camp

to live in a tent or similar temporary accomodation
We camped in the field until Sunday.
to stay in an advantageous location in a first-person shooter game, for example, next to a power-up or to guard an area.
The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
They camped the flag as usual, so we couldn't even get near it.

Related terms

camper
campness
campfire
camp site, campsite

WordNet Definitions

eight

1. camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac -- (temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling").
2. camp -- (a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake").
3. camp -- (temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas").
4. clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp -- (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose).
5. camp -- (a prison for forced laborers; "China has many work camps for political prisoners").
6. camp -- (something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the livingroom was pure camp").
7. camp, refugee camp -- (shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs).
8. camp, summer camp -- (a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp").

three

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").
2. camp, camp down -- (establish or set up a camp).
3. camp -- (give an artificially banal or sexual quality to).

one

1. camp, campy -- (providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's").

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