Camp

[kæmp]

Definition

(noun.) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; 'wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling'.

(noun.) temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; 'level ground is best for parking and camp areas'.

(noun.) a penal institution (often for forced labor); 'China has many camps for political prisoners'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs.

(noun.) something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; 'the living room was pure camp'.

(noun.) a group of people living together in a camp; 'the whole camp laughed at his mistake'.

(verb.) give an artificially banal or sexual quality to.

(verb.) establish or set up a camp.

(verb.) 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'.

(adj.) 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' .

Inputed by Davis--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

(n.) A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.

(n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.

(n.) The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.

(n.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.

(n.) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.

(v. t.) To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.

(v. i.) To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.

(n.) To play the game called camp.

Checker: Shari

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Encampment.

v. n. Encamp, pitch one's tent, pitch a camp.

Typed by Jeanette

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Encamp, bivouac

Checker: Wendy

Definition

n. (obs.) conflict: an old form of the game of football.—v.i. to fight struggle.—v.i. Cam′ple to wrangle.

n. the ground on which an army pitch their tents: the tents of an army quarters generally a permanent military station as at Aldershot: any fortified site in which a force once defended itself as a Roman or British camp: any temporary quarters for travellers &c.—v.i. to encamp or pitch tents.—ns. Camp′-foll′ower any one who follows in the train of an army but takes no part in battle; Camp′meet′ing a religious gathering held in the open air or in a temporary encampment in the fields; Camp′-shed′ding -sheet′ing -shot an erection of piles &c. along the bank of a river or an embankment for strengthening; Camp′-stool or -bed′stead a portable folding-stool a trestle-bed.

Inputed by George

Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of camping in the open air, you may expect a change in your affairs, also prepare to make a long and wearisome journey. To see a camping settlement, many of your companions will remove to new estates and your own prospects will appear gloomy. For a young woman to dream that she is in a camp, denotes that her lover will have trouble in getting her to name a day for their wedding, and that he will prove a kind husband. If in a military camp she will marry the first time she has a chance. A married woman after dreaming of being in a soldier's camp is in danger of having her husband's name sullied, and divorce courts may be her destination.

Editor: Stu

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