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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAMP, n.
1. The ground on which an army pitch their tents, whether for a night or a longer time.
2. The order or arrangement of tents, or disposition of an army, for rest; as, to pitch a camp. Also, the troops encamped on the same field.
3. An army.
CAMP, v.t. or I. To rest or lodge, as an army, usually in tents; to pitch a camp; to fix tents; but seldom used. [See Encamp.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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: camp, campy] n
1: temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" [syn: camp, 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, camp]
5: a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"
6: something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp"
7: shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs [syn: camp, 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: camp, summer 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: camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent]
2: establish or set up a camp [syn: camp, camp down]
3: give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Walter Chauncey 1859-1925 American football coach

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French, probably from Middle French dialect (Picard) or Old Occitan, from Latin campus plain, field Date: 1528 1. a. a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) <migrant labor camp> b. a group of tents, cabins, or huts <fishing camps along the river> c. a settlement newly sprung up in a lumbering or mining region d. a place usually in the country for recreation or instruction often during the summer <goes to camp every July>; also a program offering access to recreational or educational facilities for a limited period of time <computer camp> <a resort offering boating and hiking camps> e. a preseason training session for athletes <the star pitcher injured in camp this spring> 2. a. a body of persons encamped b. (1) a group of persons; especially a group engaged in promoting or defending a theory, doctrine, position, or person (2) an ideological position 3. military service or life II. verb Date: 1543 intransitive verb 1. to make camp or occupy a camp 2. to live temporarily in a camp or outdoors — often used with out 3. to take up one's quarters ; lodge 4. to take up one's position ; settle down — often used with out <camp out in the library for the afternoon> transitive verb to put into a camp; also accommodate III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1909 1. exaggerated effeminate mannerisms exhibited especially by homosexuals 2. a. something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing b. a style or mode of personal or creative expression that is absurdly exaggerated and often fuses elements of high and popular culture <a movie that celebrates camp> • campily adverb • campiness noun • campy adjective IV. adjective Date: 1909 of, relating to, being, or displaying camp <camp send-ups of the songs of the fifties and sixties — John Elsom> V. intransitive verb Date: 1925 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>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a place where troops are lodged or trained. b the military life (court and camp). 2 temporary overnight lodging in tents etc. in the open. 3 a temporary accommodation of various kinds, usu. consisting of huts or tents, for detainees, homeless persons, and other emergency use. b a complex of buildings for holiday accommodation, usu. with extensive recreational facilities. 4 an ancient fortified site or its remains. 5 the adherents of a particular party or doctrine regarded collectively (the Labour camp was jubilant). 6 S.Afr. a portion of veld fenced off for pasture on farms. 7 Austral. & NZ an assembly place of sheep or cattle. --v.intr. 1 set up or spend time in a camp (in senses 1 and 2 of n.). 2 (often foll. by out) lodge in temporary quarters or in the open. 3 Austral. & NZ (of sheep or cattle) flock together esp. for rest. Phrases and idioms: camp-bed a folding portable bed of a kind used in camping. camp-fire an open-air fire in a camp etc. camp-follower 1 a civilian worker in a military camp. 2 a disciple or adherent. camp-site a place for camping. Derivatives: camping n. Etymology: F f. It. campo f. L campus level ground 2. adj., n., & v. colloq. --adj. 1 affected, effeminate. 2 homosexual. 3 done in an exaggerated way for effect. --n. a camp manner or style. --v.intr. & tr. behave or do in a camp way. Phrases and idioms: camp it up overact; behave affectedly. Derivatives: campy adj. (campier, campiest). campily adv. campiness n. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. uncert.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(camps, camping, camped) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay. ...a refugee camp... 2,500 foreign prisoners-of-war, including Americans, had been held in camps near Tambov. N-COUNT: oft n N 2. A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday. N-VAR 3. A camp is a collection of tents or caravans where people are living or staying, usually temporarily while they are travelling. ...gypsy camps... We'll make camp on that hill ahead. N-VAR 4. If you camp somewhere, you stay or live there for a short time in a tent or caravan, or in the open air. We camped near the beach. VERB: V • Camp out means the same as camp. For six months they camped out in a caravan in a meadow at the back of the house. PHRASAL VERB: V P • camping They went camping in the wilds. ...a camping trip. N-UNCOUNT 5. You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp. The press release provoked furious protests from the Gore camp and other top Democrats. N-COUNT: usu supp N 6. If you describe someone's behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp, you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some male homosexuals. (INFORMAL) James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance. ADJ • Camp is also a noun. The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama. 7. see also camped, aide-de-camp, concentration camp, holiday camp, labour camp, prison camp, training camp 8. If a performer camps it up, they deliberately perform in an exaggerated and often amusing way. (INFORMAL) PHRASE: V inflects

Easton's Bible Dictionary

During their journeys across the wilderness, the twelve tribes formed encampments at the different places where they halted (Ex. 16:13; Num. 2:3). The diagram here given shows the position of the different tribes and the form of the encampment during the wanderings, according to Num. 1:53; 2:2-31; 3:29, 35, 38; 10:13-28.

The area of the camp would be in all about 3 square miles. After the Hebrews entered Palestine, the camps then spoken of were exclusively warlike (Josh. 11:5, 7; Judg. 5:19, 21; 7:1; 1 Sam. 29:1; 30:9, etc.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

See WAR.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

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

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