camping

n. act of temporarily living in a camp

v. build a temporary residence; settle down, establish oneself; live in a temporary residence

Camping is an outdoor recreational activity, in which the participants, known as campers, get away from civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or more nights at a campsite. Camping may involve the use of a tent, a primitive structure, or no shelter at all. Camping as a recreational activity became popular in the early 20th century. Campers frequent national parks, other publicly owned natural areas, and privately owned campgrounds.
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Noun
1. the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
(synonym) encampment, bivouacking, tenting
(hypernym) inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation
(derivation) camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent

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)

n. camping, act of temporarily living in a camp

n. camp site, site, campground