camp at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
[kæmp]
camp at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
W3S3 n ----------//
1 in the mountains/forest etc:
2 prison/labour/detention etc camp:
3 for children:
4 group of people:
5 military: ----------// [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Latin campus 'field']//
1 IN THE MOUNTAINS/FOREST ETC: [U and C] a place where people stay in tents, shelters etc for a short time, usually in the mountains, a forest etc// --Let's go back to camp - it's getting dark.// --a camp near Lake Ellen Wilson// --The soldiers broke camp (=took down their tents etc) and left before dawn.// pitch/make camp (=set up a tent or shelter) // --It was dark by the time we pitched camp.// --We set up camp (=made the camping place ready) at nearby Icicle Lake.// --The expedition's base camp (=main camp) was 6,000 feet below the summit.// mining/logging etc camp (=a camp where people stay when they are doing these kinds of jobs) //
2 prison/labour/detention etc camp: a place where people are kept for a particular reason, when they do not want to be there// --a refugee camp just across the border// concentration camp//
3 FOR CHILDREN: [U and C] a place where young people go to take part in activities, and where they usually stay for several days or weeks// --The camp offers hiking, fishing, canoeing, and boating.// --scout camp// --Two years ago, she started a summer camp for girls aged 8 and older.// tennis/football etc camp (=a camp where you can do one particular activity) // day camp, holiday camp//
4 GROUP OF PEOPLE: [C] a group of people or organizations who have the same ideas or principles, especially in politics// --the extreme right-wing camp of the party// --At least you know that Lynne is definitely in your camp (=supports you rather than someone else, and agrees with your ideas) .// have a foot in both camps at foot1 (21)//
5 MILITARY: [C] a permanent place where soldiers live or train// --Donny is stationed at Camp Pendleton.//
camp 2 v [I] [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: camper, from camp; CAMP1. camp up 1900-2000 From CAMP3]//
1 to set up a tent or shelter and stay there for a short time: --We'll camp by the river for the night, and move on tomorrow.// camping gear/equipment // --camping gear such as a sleeping bag, tent, and backpack//
2 go camping: to visit an area, especially the mountains or a forest, and stay in a tent// --We went camping in the San Bernardino Mountains.// camp out phr v//
1 to sleep outdoors, usually in a tent: --What he liked best about scouting was camping out.//
2 to stay somewhere where you do not have all the usual things that a house has: --We'll just have to camp out until our furniture arrives.// camp up [camp sth up] phr v// camp it up// to deliberately use unnatural body or face movements, in a way that some people think is typical of a homosexual man//
camp 3 adj [Date: 1900-2000; Origin: Origin unknown]//
1 a man who is camp moves or speaks in the way that people used to think was typical of homosexuals:
2 also campy AmE : clothes, decorations etc that are camp are very strange, bright, or unusual//
CAMP at English => English (acronym) Of Explained:
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camp at French => English Of Explained:
camping ground, camping site
camp at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
247 Moby Thesaurus words for "camp":
American Party, Anti-Monopoly Party, Babbittry, Bull Moose Party,
Communist Party, Conservative Party, Constitutional Union Party,
Democratic Party, Democratic-Republican Party, Farmer-Labor Party,
Federalist Party, Free Soil Party, Greenback Party,
Know-Nothing Party, Konzentrationslager, Labour Party, Lager,
Liberal Party, Liberal Republican Party, Liberty Party,
National Republican Party, Populist Party, Progressive Party,
Prohibition Party, Republican Party, Socialist Labor Party,
Socialist Party, Socialist Workers Party, Tammany Hall, Thalia,
Tory Party, Whig Party, affected, anchor, arlequinade, artificial,
artless, bad taste, barrack, barracks, billet at, bivouac,
bivouacking, black comedy, body, bourgeois taste, box,
breakaway group, broad comedy, burlesque, burletta, burrow, cabal,
cabin, caboose, camarilla, camp out, campground, campiness,
camping, campsite, campy, cantonment, casern, caucus, circle,
city hall, clan, clique, colonize, come to anchor, comedie bouffe,
comedie larmoyante, comedie rosse, comedietta, comedy,
comedy ballet, comedy of humors, comedy of ideas,
comedy of intrigue, comedy of manners, comedy of situation,
comedy relief, comic, comic muse, comic opera, comic relief,
concentration camp, cot, coterie, cottage, crash, dark comedy,
detention camp, division, domestic comedy, domesticate,
drive stakes, drop anchor, effeminate, encamp, encampment,
ensconce, establish residence, ethnic group, exaggerate,
exaggerated, exode, extravagant, faction, farce, farce comedy,
farcical, flamboyant, flaunt, flounce, genteel comedy, go camping,
group, ham, harlequinade, high camp, hive, hobo jungle, hut,
impropriety, inappropriateness, inartistic, indecency,
indecorousness, indecorum, indelicacy, inelegance, inelegancy,
ingroup, inhabit, interest, interest group, keep house, kitsch,
light, light comedy, lines, live at, locate, lodge, low camp,
low comedy, machine, major party, mannered, maroon, mime,
minor party, minority group, mob, moor, move,
multiple party system, musical, musical comedy, nest, offshoot,
one-party system, opera buffa, opposition party, ostentatious,
outrageous, outre, park, party, party in power, people, perch,
philistinism, pitch, pitch camp, political machine,
political party, poor taste, pop, pop culture, populate, posture,
prance, pressure group, raw comedy, realistic comedy, relocate,
reside, ring, romantic comedy, roost, rough it, satyr play, sect,
sentimental comedy, set, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle,
settle down, settlement, shack, shanty, show off, showy, side,
silent majority, sit down, situation comedy, slapstick,
slapstick comedy, sleep out, splinter, splinter group,
splinter party, squat, stand, stay at, strike root, strut,
take residence at, take root, take up residence, tastelessness,
tent, tented field, tenting, theatrical, third party, tragicomedy,
tragicomic, two-party system, unaestheticism, unaestheticness,
unbecomingness, unfittingness, unseemliness, unsuitability,
unsuitableness, vocal minority, vulgar taste, vulgarism, vulgarity,
vulgarness, wing
camp at French => English Of Explained:
i [apzuːxənainrdatai]nsn
file searchingabsuchend [apzuːxənt]
Camp at English => English (Eastons 1897 Bible) Of Explained:
as, the same thing as, as good as, all one, all the same, equalized, drawn, half and half, isochronal, isochronous, isobath
[ADJ] (Honesty): upright, honest, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, constant, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word.[ADV] (Similarity): as if, so to spe
camp at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
noun, verb, adjective
noun
in tents
1 [C, U] a place where people live temporarily in tents or huts:
Let's return to camp. * to pitch / make camp (= put up tents) * to break camp (= to take down tents)
see also HOLIDAY CAMP
holiday / vacation
2 [C, U] a place where young people go on holiday/vacation and take part in various activities or a particular activity:
a tennis camp * He spent two weeks at camp this summer. * summer camp
prison, etc.
3 [C] (used in compounds) a place where people are kept in huts or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods:
a refugee camp * a camp guard
see also CONCENTRATION CAMP, PRISON CAMP, TRANSIT CAMP
army
4 [C, U] a place where soldiers live while they are training or fighting:
an army camp
group of people
5 [C] a group of people who have the same ideas about sth and oppose people with other ideas:
the socialist camp * We were in opposing camps. * People are split into two camps on this issue.
6 [C] one of the sides in a competition and the people connected with it:
There was an air of confidence in the England camp.
IDIOMS see FOOT n.
verb
live in tent
1 [V] to put up a tent and live in it for a short time:
I camped overnight in a field.
2 [V] (go camping) to stay in a tent, especially while you are on holiday/vacation:
They go camping in France every year.
stay for short time
3 [V] ~ (out) to live in sb's house for a short time, especially when you do not have a bed there:
I'm camping out at a friend's apartment at the moment.
PHRASAL VERBS
camp out to live outside for a short time:
Dozens of reporters camped out on her doorstep.
camp it up (BrE, informal) to behave in a very exaggerated manner, especially to attract attention to yourself or to make people laugh
adjective
1 (BrE) (of a man or his manner) deliberately behaving in a way that some people think is typical of a HOMOSEXUAL
SYN EFFEMINATE:
He's so camp, isn't he?
2 exaggerated in style, especially in a deliberately amusing way:
The movie is a camp celebration of the fashion industry.
Camp at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Camp \Camp\, n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field;
akin to Gr. ? garden. Cf. {Campaing}, {Champ}, n.]
1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected
for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shzk.
2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly
arranged in an orderly manner.
Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W.
Irving.
3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers,
of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
--Macaulay.
5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other
vegetables are stored for protection against frost; --
called also {burrow} and {pie}. [Prov. Eng.]
6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See {champion}.] An
ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
--Halliwell.
{Camp bedstead}, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto
a small space for easy transportation.
{camp ceiling} (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics
or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at
the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the
plane surface of the upper ceiling.
{Camp chair}, a light chair that can be folded up compactly
for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made
of strips or pieces of carpet.
{Camp fever}, typhus fever.
{Camp follower}, a civilian accompanying an army, as a
sutler, servant, etc.
{Camp meeting}, a religious gathering for open-air preaching,
held in some retired spot, chiefly by Methodists. It
usually last for several days, during which those present
lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages.
{Camp stool}, the same as {camp chair}, except that the stool
has no back.
{Flying camp} (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for
rapid motion from one place to another. --Farrow.
{To pitch (a) camp}, to set up the tents or huts of a camp.
{To strike camp}, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.
Camp \Camp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Camped}; p. pr. & vb n.
{Camping}.]
To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we
all would sup together. --Shak.
Camp \Camp\, v. i.
1. To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp;
-- often with out.
They camped out at night, under the stars. --W.
Irving.
2. [See {Camp}, n., 6] To play the game called camp. [Prov.
Eng.] --Tusser.
camp at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
camp
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" [syn: {campy}]
camp
n 1: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for
soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were
grumbling" [syn: {encampment}, {cantonment}, {bivouac}]
2: a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp
laughed at his mistake"
3: temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or
vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp
areas"
4: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: {clique},
{coterie}, {ingroup}, {inner circle}, {pack}]
5: a prison for forced laborers; "China has many work camps for
political prisoners"
6: something that is considered amusing not because of its
originality but because of its unoriginality; "the
livingroom was pure camp"
7: shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression
or for religious beliefs [syn: {refugee camp}]
8: 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" [syn: {summer camp}]
camp
v 1: 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" [syn: {encamp},
{camp out}, {bivouac}, {tent}]
2: establish or set up a camp [syn: {camp down}]
3: give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
camp at Sanskrit => English (Monier-Williams) Of Explained:
camp
1[ camp ] ( cf. √ [ kamp ] , [ capala ] ) , cl. 10. [ °payati ] ,
v.l. for √ [ champ ] cf. Dhātup. xxxii , 76
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camp at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: also » câmp|cAMP|Camp
English
Inter: wikipedi » aEtymology
From Inter: etyl » enm Inter: term » camp||battlefield, open space|lang=enm, from Inter: etyl » ang Inter: term » camp||battle, contest, battlefield, open space|lang=ang, from Inter: etyl » gem-pro|en Inter: recons » kampaz|lang=gem-pro, Inter: recons » kampan||open field where military exercises are held, level plain|lang=gem-pro, from Inter: etyl » la Inter: term » campus||open field, level plain|lang=la, from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|en Inter: recons » kamp-||to bend; crooked|lang=ine-pro. Reinforced circa 1520 by Inter: etyl » frm Inter: term » can|lang=frm, Inter: term » camp||place where an army lodges temporarily|lang=frm, from Inter: etyl » ONF. Inter: term » camp|lang=fro, from the same Inter: etyl » la source (whence also French Inter: term » champ|lang=fr from Old French). Cognate with Inter: etyl » goh Inter: term » champf||battle, struggle|tr={{etyl|de|- Inter: term » Kampf|lang=de|lang=goh}}, Inter: etyl » non|- Inter: term » kapp||battle|lang=non, Inter: etyl » goh|- Inter: term » hamf||paralysed, maimed, mutilated|lang=goh.Pronunciation
* Inter: audio » en-us-camp.ogg|Audio (US)Noun
Inter: en-nou » nTranslations
Inter: trans-top » outdoor placeInter: trans-mi » d
- Italian: Inter: t+ » it|campo|m, Inter: t- » it|accampamento|m
- Japanese: Inter: t+ » ja|キャンプ|tr=kyanpu, Inter: t- » ja|幕営|tr=ばくえい, bakuei, Inter: t- » ja|収容所|tr=しゅうようじょ,shūyōjo
- Polish: Inter: t+ » pl|obóz|m
- Portuguese: Inter: t+ » pt|acampamento|m, Inter: t+ » pt|acampamento|m
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|лагерь|m|tr=láger'
- Scottish Gaelic: Inter: t- » gd|campa|m
- Serbo-Croatian: Inter: t- » sh|tabor, Inter: t- » sh|logor
- Slovak: Inter: t- » sk|tábor|m
- Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|campo|m
- Swahili: Inter: t+ » sw|kambi
- Taos: kòmpu’úna
- Turkish: Inter: t+ » tr|kamp, Inter: t+ » tr|düşerge
- Ukrainian: Inter: t- » uk|табір|m|tr=tábir
- Welsh: Inter: t+ » cy|gwersyll|m
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » organized event
- Bulgarian: Inter: t+ » bg|лагер|m
- Czech: Inter: t- » cs|tábor|m
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|leiri
- Hungarian: Inter: t+ » hu|tábor
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » base
- Bulgarian: Inter: t+ » bg|лагер|m
- Czech: Inter: t- » cs|tábor|m
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|leiri
- Greek: Inter: t+ » el|στρατόπεδο|n|tr=stratopedo
- Hebrew: מחנה (makhane') {{m}}
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » group
- Armenian: Inter: t- » hy|ճամբար|tr=č̣ămbar
- Bulgarian: Inter: t+ » bg|лагер|m
- Czech: Inter: t- » cs|tábor|m
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|leiri
- Hebrew: מחנה (makhane') {{m}}
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » style
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|camp
- Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|amanerado estilo Inter: t+ » es|camp
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-see » summer camp
Inter: checktrans-top » style
- Inter: ttbc » ka: Inter: t- » ka|აგარაკი|tr=agaraki, Inter: t- » ka|ბანაკი|tr=banaki
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Adjective
Inter: en-adj » erTranslations
Inter: trans-top » theatricalInter: trans-mi » d
- Swedish: Inter: t+ » sv|teatral, Inter: t- » sv|kitschig
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » ostentatiously effeminate
- Greek: Inter: t+ » el|πούστης|m|tr=poústis|sc=Grek
- Spanish: Inter: t- » es|maricona|f
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » tasteless
- Swedish: Inter: t- » sv|fjompig
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » related to a camp
- Bulgarian: Inter: t- » bg|лагерен
- Czech: táborový {{m}}
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Verb
Inter: en-ver » bTranslations
Inter: trans-top » to live in a tentInter: trans-mi » d
- German: Inter: t+ » de|zelten
- Greek: Inter: t+ » el|κατασκηνώνω|tr=kataskinono
- Hebrew: Inter: t- » he|חנה|tr=khaná
- Russian: жить в палатке (git' v palatke)
- Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|acampar
- Swahili: Inter: t+ » sw|kambi
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » to set up a camp
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|leiriytyä
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » to stay in an advantageous location
- Icelandic: Inter: t- » is|campa, Inter: t- » is|kampa
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Derived terms
Inter: top » 2- camper
- campness
- campfire
- camp site, campsite
- campground
- campestral
Inter: mid » 2
Inter: botto » m
Related terms
* campus- Inter: l » en|champerty
Statistics
* Inter: rank » share|working|breath|989|camp|prove|engaged|AmericaAnagrams
* CAPM, CPAM
Anglo-Norman
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » ONF.|xno Inter: term » camp|lang=fro (compare Old French Inter: term » champ|lang=fro), from Inter: etyl » la|xno Inter: term » campus|lang=la.Noun
Inter: xno-noun » m|cams|camsCatalan
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|ca Inter: term » campus|lang=la.Noun
Inter: ca-noun » mSynonyms
* Inter: sense » open area Inter: l » ca|terrenyDerived terms
* Inter: l » ca|acamparFrench
Category: File - :Guerre 14-18-Campement de Châlons-1914.JPG|thumb|camp militaire pendant la guerre de 1914-18.Etymology 1
Probably from a Norman or Picard word equivalent to French Inter: term » champ|lang=fr (itself inherited from Old French Inter: term » champ|lang=fro and Latin), from Inter: etyl » ONF.|fr Inter: term » camp|lang=fro, from Inter: etyl » la|fr Inter: term » campus|lang=la, or alternatively from Inter: etyl » oc|fr, Inter: etyl » pro|fr Inter: term » camp|lang=pro, possibly borrowed from Italian Inter: term » campo|lang=it.Pronunciation
* Inter: IPA » lang=fr|/kɑ̃/Noun
Inter: fr-noun » mDerived terms
* Inter: l » fr|camp volantRelated terms
* Inter: l » fr|camperEtymology 2
Category: File - :Gay Pride Paris 2008 n6.jpg|thumb|très camp !Inter: etyl » en|fr Inter: term » camp|lang=en.
Pronunciation
* Inter: IPA » lang=fr|/kɑ̃mp/|/kɑ̃p/Adjective
Inter: fr-adj » inv=yesNoun
Inter: fr-noun-unc » mSynonyms
* follitudeGuernésiais
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » fro|roa-grn (Inter: etyl » ONF.|roa-grn) Inter: term » camp|lang=fro, from Inter: etyl » la|roa-grn Inter: term » campus|lang=la, from Inter: etyl » ine-pro|roa-grn Inter: recons » kamp-||to bend; crooked|lang=ine-pro. Compare French Inter: term » champ|lang=fr.Noun
Inter: roa-grn-noun » mOld English
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|ang Inter: term » campus|lang=la.Noun
Inter: ang-noun » g=mnNoun
Inter: ang-noun » g=nOld French
Category: File - :Goldfield.jpg|thumb|Le camp du drap d'or.Etymology
Found in Old Northern French, Picard and Norman dialects, etc. From Inter: etyl » la|fro Inter: term » campus|lang=la.Noun
Inter: fro-noun » mDescendants
* Anglo-Norman: Inter: l » xno|campTranslation: af » camp
Translation: ca » camp
Translation: cs » camp
Translation: cy » camp
Translation: de » camp
Translation: et » camp
Translation: el » camp
Translation: es » camp
Translation: eo » camp
Translation: fa » camp
Translation: fr » camp
Translation: gl » camp
Translation: ko » camp
Translation: hr » camp
Translation: io » camp
Translation: it » camp
Translation: kn » camp
Translation: sw » camp
Translation: ku » camp
Translation: lo » camp
Translation: lt » camp
Translation: li » camp
Translation: hu » camp
Translation: mg » camp
Translation: ml » camp
Translation: my » camp
Translation: fj » camp
Translation: nl » camp
Translation: ja » camp
Translation: no » camp
Translation: oc » camp
Translation: pl » camp
Translation: pt » camp
Translation: ru » camp
Category: simple:camp -
Translation: fi » camp
Translation: sv » camp
Translation: ta » camp
Translation: te » camp
Translation: th » camp
Translation: tr » camp
Translation: vi » camp
Translation: wo » camp
Translation: zh » camp
câmp at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: also » camp
Romanian
Etymology
From Inter: etyl » la|ro Inter: term » campus||field|lang=la. Compare English Inter: term » camp, Esperanto Inter: term » kampo|lang=eo, French Inter: term » champ|lang=fr, Italian Inter: term » campo|lang=it, Portuguese Inter: term » campo|lang=pt, Sardinian Inter: term » càmpu|lang=sc, Spanish Inter: term » campo|lang=es, Tetum Inter: term » kampu|lang=tet.Noun
Inter: ro-noun » n|câmpuriRelated terms
* câmpieCategory: Category - :Romanian nouns|ca~~mp
Translation: ko » câmp
Translation: io » câmp
Translation: hu » câmp
Translation: mg » câmp
Translation: fi » câmp
cAMP at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: also » camp
English
Inter: initialis » m
cAMPAnagrams
* CAPMTranslation: de » cAMP
Camp at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Proper noun
Inter: en-proper nou » nTranslation: et » Camp
Translation: io » Camp
Translation: it » Camp
Translation: ru » Camp
Translation: zh » Camp
CAMP at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: also » camp|Camp|cAMP
English
Inter: initialis » m
CAMPAnagrams
* CAPMTranslation: tr » CAMP