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camp  (camps plural & 3rd person present) (camping present participle) (camped past tense & past participle )
1  n-count 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. 
oft n N 
...a refugee camp..., 2,500 foreign prisoners-of-war, including Americans, had been held in camps near Tambov.  
2  n-var A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday. 
3  n-var 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.  
4  verb 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.  V 
  Camp out means the same as  camp., phrasal verb 
For six months they camped out in a caravan in a meadow at the back of the house.  V P 
♦  camping  n-uncount 
They went camping in the wilds., ...a camping trip.  
5  n-count You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp. 
usu supp N 
The press release provoked furious protests from the Gore camp and other top Democrats.  
6  adj 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.  
  Camp is also a noun., n-uncount 
The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama.  
7 
 →  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 
♦ camp it up  phrase V inflects camp out  phrasal verb If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen., (emphasis)  ...reporters who had camped out in anticipation of her arrival.  V P 
 →  camp 4 



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