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(verb) give a camp quality to |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) live in a tent |
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Synonyms: bivouac, camp out, encamp |
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Related Words: dwell, inhabit, live, people, populate, reside, shack |
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(satellite 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" |
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Synonyms: campy |
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(noun) temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling" |
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Synonyms: bivouac, cantonment, encampment |
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Related Words: hutment, laager, lager, military quarters |
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(noun) temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers; "level ground is best for parking and camp areas" |
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Related Words: housing, lodging, tennis camp, trailer camp, trailer park |
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(noun) a prison for forced laborers; "China has many work camps for political prisoners" |
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Related Words: POW camp, internment camp, prison, prison camp, prison farm, prison house, prisoner of war camp, work camp |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: summer camp |
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Related Words: day camp, land site, site |
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(noun) something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality; "the livingroom was pure camp" |
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Related Words: staleness, triteness |
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(noun) a group of people living together in a camp; "the whole camp laughed at his mistake" |
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Related Words: assemblage, gathering |
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(noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |
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Synonyms: clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack |
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Related Words: band, cabal, camarilla, circle, faction, galere, junta, junto, loop, lot, maffia, mafia, rogue's gallery, sect, set |
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