camp

An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other simple structures.

Near-synonyms: campsite, campground, encampment

There's a big camp in the woods northwest of here. It's popular with hikers and bushcrafters.

An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.

I met my best friend last summer at camp. She lives in Albany and plays the clarinet.

He used to go to summer camp every alternate year.

A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

Near-synonym: encampment

Signs of enemy recon were found near their camp last week.

A place of politically motivated confinement in outdoorsy conditions, usually also leading to slave labor and death.

Near-synonyms: concentration camp, labor camp, reeducation camp, gulag, stalag, prison camp

Some say they'll round us all up into camps, but if they come for us, we'll take some out with us, on our way out.

A single hut or shelter.

a hunter’s camp

To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.

We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.

A few hours before sundown we camped at a small playa lake sunk beneath the level of the grass.

To set up a camp.

To afford rest or lodging for.

Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together.

To stay in an advantageous location.

Some players like to camp next to a power-up's spawning point.

‘So things have gone all right with a little watchfulness and the help of old Cockeye here and her buck. They camp just there, right close to the hut, and have been real faithful these last two years.’

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.

An affected, exaggerated, or intentionally tasteless style.

Near-synonyms: campness, campiness

We walk a fine line, just this side of camp. Careful calculations are made. We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi.