'CAMP' definitions:

Definition of 'camp'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
noun
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]
noun
A group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"
noun
Temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
noun
An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose [syn: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp]
noun
A penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"
noun
Something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp"
noun
Shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs [syn: camp, refugee camp]
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" [syn: camp, summer 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" [syn: camp, encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent]
verb
Establish or set up a camp [syn: camp, camp down]
verb
Give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

Definition of 'Camp'

From: GCIDE
  • Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, field; akin to Gr. kh^pos garden. Cf. Campaign, Champ, n.]
  • 1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner. [1913 Webster]
  • Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Camp'

From: GCIDE
  • Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Camped (k[a^]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Camping.] To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. [1913 Webster]
  • Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Camp'

From: GCIDE
  • Camp \Camp\, v. i.
  • 1. To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out. [1913 Webster]
  • They camped out at night, under the stars. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [See Camp, n., 6] To play the game called camp. [Prov. Eng.] --Tusser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'camp'

From: Easton
  • Camp 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.).

Synonyms of 'camp'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Camp -- U.S. County in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Camp -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000) :
11549
Housing Units (2000) :
5228
Land area (2000) :
197.510922 sq. miles (511.550919 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
5.686609 sq. miles (14.728248 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
203.197531 sq. miles (526.279167 sq. km)
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
32.983837 N, 95.000064 W

Acronyms for 'camp'

From: V.E.R.A.
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