Definition of campest Campest

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campest, adjective, superlative of camp.

WordNet

Noun Plural: camps
camp - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
		encampment, cantonment, bivouac
		military quarters living quarters for personnel on a military post
		armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
		boot camp camp for training military recruits
		hutment an encampment of huts (chiefly military)
camp - a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"
		penal facility, penal institution an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public
		concentration camp, stockade a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
		labor camp, labour camp a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor
		internment camp, pow camp, prisoner of war camp, prison camp a camp for prisoners of war
camp - temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
		living accommodations, housing, lodging structures collectively in which people are housed
		tennis camp a camp where tennis is taught
camp - something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the living room was pure camp"
		triteness, staleness unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed
camp - 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"
		summer camp
		land site, site physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
camp - a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"
		assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place
camp - shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
		refugee camp
camp - an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
		clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack
		lot, circle, band, set a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on the lake"
		bloomsbury group an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles
		bohemia a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style
		brain trust, kitchen cabinet an inner circle of unofficial advisors to the head of a government
		loop a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
		camarilla, junto, cabal, faction a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
		junta, military junta a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
		maffia, mafia any tightly knit group of trusted associates
		faction, sect a dissenting clique
		galere, rogue's gallery a coterie of undesirable people
Verb camps, camping, camped
camp - 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"
		encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent
		populate, inhabit, dwell, live fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
camp - give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
camp - establish or set up a camp
		camp down
		pitch, set up set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low"
Adjective camp, camper, campest
camp - 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"
		campy
		tasteless lacking aesthetic or social taste

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Wiktionary

camp (Noun)
An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
camp (Noun)
An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
camp (Noun)
A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
camp (Noun)
A group of people with the same ideals or political leanings, strongly supported.
camp (Noun)
An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
camp (Noun)
campus.
camp (Noun)
A summer camp .
camp (Verb)
To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
camp (Verb)
To set up a camp.
camp (Verb)
To stay in an advantageous location in a video game , such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.
camp (Adjective)
Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
camp (Adjective)
Ostentatiously effeminate.
camp (Adjective)
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

camp (n.)
The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.
camp (n.)
A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.
camp (n.)
A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
camp (n.)
The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
camp (n.)
A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.
camp (n.)
An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
camp (v. t.)
To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
camp (v. i.)
To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.
camp (n.)
To play the game called camp.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

camp
Tents, cabins, etc., used as temporary lodgings by a group of travellers, holiday-makers, Scouts, Gypsies, etc.
camp
To live in a tent or similar temporary accomodation.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

camp
kamp, n. the ground on which an army pitch their tents: the tents of an army, quarters generally, a permanent military station, as at Aldershot: any fortified site in which a force once defended itself, as a Roman or British camp: any temporary quarters for travellers, &c.—v.i. to encamp or pitch tents.—ns. Camp′-foll′ower, any one who follows in the train of an army, but takes no part in battle; Camp′meet′ing, a religious gathering held in the open air or in a temporary encampment in the fields; Camp′-shed′ding, -sheet′ing, -shot, an erection of piles, &c., along the bank of a river or an embankment, for strengthening; Camp′-stool, or -bed′stead, a portable folding-stool, a trestle-bed. [Fr. camp, a camp—L. campus, a plain.]
camp
kamp, n. (obs.) conflict: an old form of the game of football.—v.i. to fight, struggle.—v.i. Cam′ple, to wrangle. [A.S. camp, battle; cf. Ger. kampf.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

camp
The whole extent of ground on which an army pitches its tents and lodges. (See DECAMP.)
camp
In American travel, to rest for the night without a standing roof; whether under a light tent, a screen of boughs, or any makeshift that the neighbourhood may afford.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

camp
From the Latin word campus, a “plain”; is the whole extent of ground covered by an army when under canvas. Its breadth should not exceed the line occupied by the troops when drawn out in order of battle. As a general rule, camps should be located in a position convenient to wood and water, with the front close and well covered, and the rear perfectly open.