camp
/ˈkeə̯mp/ verb C2- To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation. · We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
- To set up a camp.
- To afford rest or lodging for.
- To stay in an advantageous location. · Some players like to camp next to a power-up's spawning point.
- To stay beside (something) to gain an advantage. · The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.· Go and camp the flag for the win.
He/she/it camps · Past camped · Past participle camped · -ing form camping
Verb forms
- Base form
- camp
- He/she/it
- camps
- Past
- camped
- Past participle
- camped
- -ing form
- camping
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“Would you like to see a camp of bandits in repose?” he inquired.
They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near.
She saw all the glories of the camp: its tents stretched forth in beauteous uniformity of lines, crowded with the young and the gay, and dazzling with scarlet; and, to complete the view, she saw herself seated beneath a tent, tenderly flirting with at least six officers at once.
Their parties abroad were less varied than before; and at home she had a mother and sister, whose constant repinings at the dulness of everything around them threw a real gloom over their domestic circle; and, though Kitty might in time regain her natural degree of sense, since the disturbers of her brain were removed, her other sister, from whose disposition greater evil might be apprehended, was likely to be hardened in all her folly and assurance, by a situation of such double danger as a watering-place and a camp.
Other matches
- camp An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodat... A1
- camp To behave in a camp manner. A2
- camp The areas of the Falkland Islands situated outs... C2
- camp Theatrical C2
- camp An affected, exaggerated, or intentionally tast... C2
- camp down To set up a camp
- camp out To sleep outdoors, often in a tent.
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