camp
v.
build a temporary residence; settle down, establish oneself; live in a temporary residence
n.
temporary residence (often made of tents, etc.)
adj.
out-of-date; ostentatious, theatrical; effeminate, gay
CAMP
Camp
Camp may mean: Gatherings of people:
Campsite, recreational outdoor sleeping and eating site Temporary settlement of a band of
foragers.A
cottage used as a summer residence, especially in
summer colony areas
Summer camp, typically organized for groups of children or youth
Military camp,
cantonmentLabor camp,
concentration camp,
relocation camp,
prisoner of war camp, or
death campResources camp erected for logging, fishing, mining, etc.
Refugee camp, a temporary encampment for displaced people
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Camp
camp
Noun
1. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
(synonym) encampment, cantonment, bivouac
(hypernym) military quarters
(hyponym) boot camp
(derivation) encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
2. a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) hobo camp, jungle
3. temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
(hypernym) housing, lodging, living accommodations
(hyponym) tennis camp
(derivation) encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent
4. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
(synonym) clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack
(hypernym) set, circle, band, lot
(hyponym) Bloomsbury Group
5. a prison for forced laborers; "China has many work camps for political prisoners"
(hypernym) prison, prison house
(hyponym) prison camp, internment camp, prisoner of war camp, POW camp
6. something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the livingroom was pure camp"
(hypernym) triteness, staleness
7. shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
(synonym) refugee camp
(hypernym) shelter
8. 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"
(synonym) summer camp
(hypernym) site, land site
(hyponym) day camp
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent
(hypernym) dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
2. establish or set up a camp
(synonym) camp down
(hypernym) pitch, set up
3. give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) campy
(similar) tasteless, in poor taste(p)
Camp (das)
n.
camp, temporary residence
campen
v.
camp out, sleep in a tent; go camping, go to the outdoors to spend a period of time