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Camp

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Noun

1. bivouac, camp, cantonment, encampment

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

Example Sentences:
'wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling'

2. camp

a group of people living together in a camp

Example Sentences:
'the whole camp laughed at his mistake'

3. camp

temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers

Example Sentences:
'level ground is best for parking and camp areas'

4. camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

5. camp

a penal institution (often for forced labor)

Example Sentences:
'China has many camps for political prisoners'

6. camp

something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality

Example Sentences:
'the living room 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

Example Sentences:
'city kids get to see the country at a summer camp'

Verb

9. bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent

live in or as if in a tent

Example Sentences:
'Can we go camping again this summer?'
'The circus tented near the town'
'The houseguests had to camp in the living room'

10. camp, camp down

establish or set up a camp

11. camp

give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

Adjective

12. camp, campy

providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities

Example Sentences:
'they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect'
'campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Camp

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noun
1. 
a place where tents, cabins, or other temporary structures are erected for the use of military troops, for training soldiers, etc
2. 
the military life
3. 
tents, cabins, etc, used as temporary lodgings by a group of travellers, holiday-makers, Scouts, etc
4. 
the group of people living in such lodgings
5. South Africa
a field or paddock fenced off as pasture
6. 
a group supporting a given doctrine or theory
the socialist camp
7. Australian
a place where sheep or cattle gather to rest
8. (modifier)
suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
a camp bed
a camp chair
verb
9. (intransitive; often foll by down)
to establish or set up a camp
10. (intransitive; often foll by out)
to live temporarily in or as if in a tent
11. (transitive)
to put in a camp
adjective
1. 
effeminate; affected in mannerisms, dress, etc
2. 
homosexual
3. 
consciously artificial, exaggerated, vulgar, or mannered; self-parodying, esp when in dubious taste
verb
4. (transitive)
to perform or invest with a camp quality
5.  camp it up
noun
6. 
a camp quality, style, etc
noun
Walter (Chauncey). 1859–1925, US sportsman and administrator; he introduced new rules to American football, which distinguished it from rugby

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Camp

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Walter (Chauncey)1859-1925; U.S. football authority and coach
noun
1. 
a. 
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
b. 
military life
2. 
a. 
a group of people who support or advance a common opinion, cause, etc.
b. 
the position taken by such a group
3. 
a tent, cabin, etc., or a group of these, used for temporary lodging, as by hunters or fishermen
4. 
a place in the country for vacationers, esp. children, with outdoor recreation, often organized and supervised
5. 
the people living in a camp
6.  US, Slang
a. 
banality, mediocrity, artifice, ostentation, etc. so extreme as to amuse or have a perversely sophisticated appeal
b. 
exaggerated effeminate mannerisms, usually affected for amusement
adjective US
7.  Slang
characterized by camp (sense 6)
verb intransitive
8. 
to set up a camp; encamp
9. 
to live or stay in or as if in a camp
often with out
verb transitive
10. 
to put into a camp
11. 
to provide with accommodations

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Camp

see synonyms of camp
n.
1.
a. A place where tents, huts, or other temporary shelters are set up, as by soldiers, nomads, or travelers.
b. A cabin or shelter or group of such buildings: gathered branches and grasses for a makeshift camp; had a fishing camp in Vermont.
c. The people using such shelters: a howl that awakened the whole camp.
2.
a. A place, often in the country, that offers simple group accommodations and organized recreation or instruction, as for vacationing children: a girls' summer camp; a tennis camp.
b. Sports A place where athletes engage in intensive training, especially preseason training.
c. The people attending the programs at such a place.
3. A program offering group instruction or recreation without overnight facilities.
4. A prison camp or concentration camp.
5. Military service; army life.
6. A group of people who think alike or share a cause; side: The council members disagreed, falling into liberal and conservative camps.
v. camped, camp·ing, camps
v. intr.
1. To make or set up a camp.
2. To live in or as if in a camp; settle: We camped in the apartment until the furniture arrived.
v. tr.
To shelter or lodge in a camp; encamp: They camped themselves by a river.
n.
Deliberate affectation or exaggeration of style, especially of popular or outdated style, for ironic or humorous effect: "Camp is popularity plus vulgarity plus innocence" (Indra Jahalani).
adj.
1. Showing or characterized by camp: played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect.
2. Given to or characterized by exaggerated, effeminate mannerisms.
v. camped, camp·ing, camps
v.intr.
1. To act in a histrionic or exaggerated manner.
2. To act in an exaggerated, effeminate manner.
v.tr.
To exaggerate or overdramatize: camped up the characters in the play.
abbr.
cyclic AMP
American football coach and promoter who developed many of the sport's basic rules.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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