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Camp

noun

1.

Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers. Synonyms: bivouac, cantonment, encampment.

2.

A group of people living together in a camp.

3.

Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers.

4.

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose. Synonyms: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack.

5.

A penal institution (often for forced labor).

6.

Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality.

7.

Shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs. Synonym: refugee camp.

8.

A site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months. Synonym: summer camp.

verb

(past & past part. camped; pres. part. camping)

1.

Live in or as if in a tent. Synonyms: bivouac, camp out, encamp, tent. "The circus tented near the town" , "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"

2.

Establish or set up a camp. Synonym: camp down.

3.

Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to.

adjective

1.

Providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities. Synonym: campy. "Campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"

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"Camp" Quotes from Famous Books

... and water were placed and poured upon the covered stores, blankets, etcetera. This cache was soon frozen solid, and thus preserved from the weather and the Polar bears. The boat was left near what proved to be an old Esquimaux camp. ...

— Notable Voyagers - From Columbus to Nordenskiold • W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith

... bloodshed and of the corpses strewn over the battle-field. She grew frightened at her first wound, and only threw off the touch of womanly fear when she heard the signal for retreat. Yet more womanly was the purity with which she passed through the brutal warriors of a mediaeval camp. It was her care for her honour that led her to clothe herself in a soldier's dress. She wept hot tears when told of the foul taunts of the English, and called passionately on God to witness her chastity. "Yield thee, yield thee, ...

— History of the English People, Volume III (of 8) - The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 • John Richard Green

... sides of hills, till we arrived at a district with here and there open spots, but generally covered with brushwood. The attendants set to work to clear away a large circle by cutting down the brushwood; we then retired to a spot which had been previously fixed on, where a camp was formed, and some, arbours which would shelter us for the night erected. Some of our people had in the meantime collected some wild bread-fruit, dug up some wild yams, and brought down some cocoanuts, which gave us an ample repast. Formerly the chiefs would have indulged in drinking kava, ...

— The Cruise of the Dainty - Rovings in the Pacific • William H. G. Kingston

... journey was by the sea until they came to the rendezvous. As they drew near to San Diego, their Indian allies began to desert, evidently in fear of the Dieguenos, whom they began to meet in numbers and who proved a rascally lot. They thronged the camp and became a perfect nuisance with their begging and stealing. They begged from Junipero his robe and from the governor his cuera, waistcoat, breeches, and all he had on. One of them succeeding in inducing Junipero to take off his spectacles to show ...

— The March of Portola - and, The Log of the San Carlos and Original Documents - Translated and Annotated • Zoeth S. Eldredge and E. J. Molera

... said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign. 2. Having collected an army and concentrated his forces, he must blend and harmonize the different elements thereof before pitching his camp. ...

— The Art of War • Sun Tzu

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