camp¹ /kamp/

1. A place on which a tent or tents or the like are pitched
2. A collection of temporary dwellings, or their inhabitants collectively
3. Temporary quarters of an army, tribe, travellers, holiday-makers, or others
4. An ancient fortified site
5. A permanent military station, depot or training school
6. A settlement that has grown up rapidly, eg a mining town
7. A place where prisoners of war are detained
8. Military service or life
9. An area of pasture that has been fenced off (S Afr)
10. A place where sheep or cattle assemble (Aust and NZ)
11. A party or group supporting a certain set of beliefs or doctrine

1. To encamp, or pitch tents
2. To live in a tent or in temporary or makeshift accommodation (often with out, ie in the open)
3. (of sheep or cattle) to gather in a group (Aust and NZ)

1. To put in a camp
2. To fence off (pasture) (S Afr)

campˈer noun

1. A person who camps
2. A motor vehicle purpose-built, or which can be converted, for use as temporary living accommodation (also camper van)

campˈing noun

campˈ-bed, campˈ-chair or campˈ-stool noun

A portable folding bed, chair or stool

campˈcraft noun

Knowledge and skills useful when camping outdoors

campˈ-drafting noun (Aust)

A competition in which stockmen on horseback display their skill in drafting cattle

camper van

See camper above

campˈ-fever noun

Typhus, typhoid, or other fever tending to occur in camps with poor sanitary conditions

campˈfire noun

1. The outdoor fire of an encampment
2. A reunion, lodge, or section, of certain organizations

camp-follˈower noun

1. A civilian who follows behind an army or works in a military camp, providing services for the military personnel
2. A person associated with a (political, etc) group without actually being a member

campˈground noun (N American)

An area set aside for camping

camp-meetˈing noun

A religious gathering in the open air or in a temporary encampment

camp oven noun (Aust and NZ)

A metal box used for baking over a campfire

camp-preachˈer noun

A person who preaches at camp-meetings

campˈsite noun

1. Ground suitable, or specially laid out, for camping
2. An individual location on a campground (N American)

break camp

To pack up tents, equipment, etc and leave a camp

camp on (telecommunications)

To put (a telephone call) through to an engaged extension, to be connected automatically when the extension is free

camp out

1. To live temporarily in a tent or in the open air
2. To stay temporarily in improvised accommodation

go camping

To spend a holiday living in a tent or tents in the countryside

pitch camp

To set up a tent, etc on a campsite

camp² /kamp/

1. Theatrical, affected, exaggerated
2. Effeminately homosexual
3. Characteristic of homosexuals

Absurd and vulgar extravagance in manner, deliberate (high camp) or without full awareness of the effect (also intransitive verb)

campˈery noun

campˈly adverb

campˈness noun

campˈy adjective

camp it up

To show camp qualities ostentatiously

camp up

To make exaggerated, etc

camp³ /kamp/ (obsolete)

1. Conflict
2. An old form of the game of football.

To fight, struggle

camˈple intransitive verb

To wrangle

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