camp

camp
camp1
noun
1》 a place with temporary accommodation used by soldiers, refugees, or travelling people.
    ↘a complex of buildings for holiday accommodation.
2》 (also summer camp) N. Amer. a summer holiday programme for children, offering a range of activities.
3》 the supporters of a particular party or doctrine regarded collectively.
4》 Brit. Archaeology a prehistoric enclosed or fortified site, especially an Iron Age hill fort.
5》 S. African a fenced field or enclosed area for grazing.
    ↘Austral./NZ a place where livestock regularly congregate.
verb
1》 live or stay temporarily, especially in a tent or caravan while on holiday.
2》 Austral./NZ (of livestock) assemble together.
3》 S. African divide (land) and enclose it with fences.
Phrases
break camp take down a tent or the tents of an encampment ready to leave.
Origin
C16: from Fr. camp, champ, from Ital. campo, from L. campus 'level ground'.
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camp2
informal
adjective (of a man) ostentatiously and extravagantly effeminate.
↘deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style.
noun camp behaviour or style.
verb (usu. camp it up) (of a man) behave in a camp way.
Derivatives
campery noun
campily adverb
campiness noun
campy adjective
Origin
early 20th cent.: of unknown origin.

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