noun
                                                temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
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                                                                                                        - wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a group of people living together in a camp
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the whole camp laughed at his mistake
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - level ground is best for parking and camp areas
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
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                                                noun
                                                a penal institution (often for forced labor)
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - China has many camps for political prisoners
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - the living room was pure camp
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
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                                                                                                                                                                        refugee camp
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
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                                                                                                                                                                        summer camp
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - city kids get to see the country at a summer camp
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                live in or as if in a tent
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - Can we go camping again this summer?
- The circus tented near the town
- The houseguests had to camp in the living room
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                establish or set up a camp
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                                                                                                                                                                        camp down
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
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                                                                                                        - they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect
- campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's