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camp
I. \ˈkamp, -aa(ə)-, -ai-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle French, probably from Old North French or Old Provençal, from Latin campus plain, field; akin to Old High German hamf crippled, Gothic hamfs maimed, Greek kampē bend, turning, Lithuanian kampas corner, region; basic meaning: bend; hence, concavity, depression
1. : a place of temporary shelter, lodging, or residence often at a distance from urban areas or the tents, cabins, or other buildings used for such shelter, lodging, or residence:
a. : the ground on which tents or buildings are erected for shelter or usually temporary residence (as for troops, prisoners, or vacationers)
b. : the group of tents, cabins, or buildings either temporary or permanent in construction or location erected on such ground
< an army camp >
< fishing camps are located all along the river >
c. : a town usually new and often temporary sprung up especially in an isolated lumbering or mining region
< the well-known gold camps of Canada — A.M.Bateman >
d. Australia : a place of rest, lodging, or assembly; specifically : a place where cattle or other livestock are rounded up
e.
(1) : a place provided with tents or cabins usually in mountain or lake areas designed for rest or recreation especially for children during the summer
< the boys went to camp every July >
(2) : the institution of going or sending children to such a camp
< camp during the summer gets children away from the hot cities >
2.
a. : a company or body of persons (as soldiers) encamped or moving in a group
b.
(1) : a group or body of persons acting unanimously; especially : a group engaged in promoting or defending a given theory or doctrine
< testified that the world was divided into two camps, the exploiting capitalists and the proletariat — Eleanor Davis & Valentine Ughet >
(2) : an ideological position usually strongly defended
< had unexpectedly gone over to the rival camp >
3.
a. : the scene of military service
< the soldier's conduct was all right for camp but was not acceptable in polite society >
b. : military service : life in the military service
< the recreations of camp and court >
4. Australia : a camping expedition (as for hunting)
5. : a lodge or local chapter of a society or league
< addressed the veteran camps throughout the state >
6. southern Africa : a large field usually used for pasture
< the farm was divided into a dozen camps >
7. : a shack used for permanent habitation
8. : a military post that is not a permanent installation
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle French camper, from camp, n.
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to pitch or occupy a camp
< he had camped under a tree … and slept until dawn — Irwin Shaw >
< you drive down the hill … where Rochambeau's army camped — Gladys Taber >
b. : to live usually temporarily in a camp or outdoors especially for recreation — often used with out
< it had been a cold time of year to camp out — H.L.Davis >
2.
a. : to take up one's quarters : lodge
< it was in a modest little flat … that he now camped whenever the claims of scholarship brought him to town — Aldous Huxley >
b. : to occupy quarters that are unsuitable or temporarily uncomfortable
< the whole family camped on the first floor of the unfinished house >
3.
a. : to take up one's position : settle down
< they camped around the room, talking idly among themselves and waiting — Maeve Brennan >
b. : to settle down to or as if to a siege or pursuit
< reporters camped upon his doorstep day and night — H.L.Mencken >
< they camped on his trail for 20 miles >
4. Australia : sleep, nap, rest
transitive verb
1.
a. : to put or station in a camp : establish a camp for
< all his host camped themselves in Willingham field — Charles Kingsley >
b. : to provide with temporary shelter or accommodations
< it was necessary to camp the refugees on the wall — Nora Waln >
2. Southern Africa : to divide into camps
< the farm is fenced and camped >
III. \ˈkamp, -aa(ə)-, -ai-\ noun
(-s -es -er/-est)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : exaggerated effeminate mannerisms (as of speech or gesture) exhibited especially by homosexuals ; also : a homosexual displaying such mannerisms
2. : something that is so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing
3. : something self-consciously exaggerated or theatrical
• camp·i·ly \-pəlē, -li\ adverb
• camp·i·ness noun
• campy adjective
IV. \"\ adjective
: of, relating to, being, or displaying camp
< camp send-ups of the songs of the fifties and sixties — John Elsom >
V. \"\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to engage in camp : exhibit the qualities of camp
< he … was camping, hands on hips, with a quick eye to notice every man who passed by — R.M.McAlmon > |