Camp - English meaning

adjective

Influenced or touched by an external factor.

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Affected areas

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

Usage examples:

The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

Usage examples:

As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

verb

Provide (soldiers) with accommodation in a building or set of buildings.

Usage examples:

The granary in which the platoons were barracked

verb

Jeer loudly at (someone performing or speaking in public) in order to express disapproval or to distract them.

Usage examples:

Opponents barracked him when he addressed the opening parliamentary session

plural noun

A large building or group of buildings used to house soldiers.

Usage examples:

The troops were ordered back to barracks

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Usage examples:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

Usage examples:

The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

Usage examples:

The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

noun

A temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers.

Usage examples:

Elsewhere, the only restraint is the presence of coalition forces at the airports or in temporary b…

verb

Stay in a bivouac.

Usage examples:

We bivouacked on the north side of the town

noun

A temporary shelter or camp for sleeping in outside, that is not a tent

Usage examples:

The children made a bivouac at the bottom of the garden with some poles and an old blanket.

noun

A group of countries or political parties with common interests who have formed an alliance.

Usage examples:

The soviet bloc

noun

A group of countries or people that have similar political interests

Usage examples:

The european union is a powerful trading/trade bloc., the former eastern/communist bloc countries

noun

A secret political clique or faction.

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A cabal of dissidents

noun

A small group of people who plan secretly to take action, especially political action

Usage examples:

He was assassinated by a cabal of aides within his own regime.

noun

A place used for camping, especially one equipped for holidaymakers.

Usage examples:

Retailers, hotels, holiday camps, campsites and caravan parks have all reported increased business.

noun

A place in a campground or by itself where you can camp

Usage examples:

There are still another 50 to 60 campsites available in the park.

noun

A piece of land where people on holiday can camp, usually with toilets and places for washing

Usage examples:

The campsite is in a beautiful location next to the beach.

adjective

Another word for camp2 (adjective).

adjective

Used to describe an activity, or someone's behaviour or appearance, that is funny because it is obviously intended to be strange or shocking

Usage examples:

The result is a mixed bag of campy humour and special effects.

noun

A military garrison or camp.

Usage examples:

Like delhi, almost all big indian cities have inherited cantonments, the colonial military stations.

noun

A building or area where soldiers live

noun

(in south asia) a part of a town that is used for military purposes, especially one that was originally developed by the british

noun

(in some us states) a meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.

Usage examples:

Hawaii holds its nominating caucuses next tuesday

verb

Hold or form a legislative caucus.

Usage examples:

Republicans briefly caucused

noun

(a meeting of) a small group of people in a political party or organization who have a lot of influence, or who have similar interests

Usage examples:

The new senator has expressed her intention to join the women's caucus and the progressive caucus.,…

noun

A small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them.

Usage examples:

His flat became a haven for a clique of young men of similar tastes

noun

A small group of people who spend time together and do not want other people to join the group

noun

A small group of people who spend their time together and do not welcome other people into that group

Usage examples:

Clique of our golf club is run by a very unfriendly clique of people., there's a clique at work tha…

noun

A small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.

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A coterie of friends and advisers

noun

A small group of people with shared interests, often one that does not want other people to join them

Usage examples:

A coterie of writers

adjective

(of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly.

Usage examples:

He lisps and his handshake is effeminate

adjective

An effeminate man behaves or looks similar to a woman

Usage examples:

He's got a very effeminate manner/voice.

adjective

Affected, over-refined, and ineffectual.

Usage examples:

Effete trendies from art college

adjective

Weak and without much power

Usage examples:

With nothing to do all day the aristocracy had grown effete and lazy.

adjective

More typical of a woman than of a man

verb

Settle in or establish a camp.

Usage examples:

We encamped for the night by a river

verb

To make an encampment or put someone in an encampment

noun

A place with temporary accommodation consisting of huts or tents, typically for troops or nomads.

Usage examples:

A bedouin encampment

noun

A group of tents or temporary shelters put in one place

Usage examples:

Many people are living in encampments around the city with no electricity or running water.

noun

A small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

Usage examples:

The left-wing faction of the party

noun

A literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.

Usage examples:

The current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history

combining form

In nouns of action derived from verbs ending in -fy (such as liquefaction from liquefy ).

adjective

Concerned with one's clothes and appearance in an affected and excessive way (typically used of a man).

Usage examples:

He is foppish and vain

adjective

(of a man) extremely interested in your appearance and wearing decorative clothes

Usage examples:

He likes foppish linen suits., he was rather foppish in his behaviour.

idiom

To do or say too much because you are so enthusiastic

Usage examples:

I think i went overboard cooking this dinner – there is enough to feed a dozen people.

noun

A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

Usage examples:

A group of boys approached

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

A number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit

Usage examples:

A group of trees, i’m meeting a group of friends for dinner., a rock/soul group, she grouped the ch…

idiom

Exaggerate one's acting

idiom

To show expressions or emotions more obviously than is realistic

Usage examples:

Here's a picture of philip hamming it up for grandma when he was three.

adjective

Used to describe a man who does not behave in the strong and determined way traditionally expected in men

noun

A room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.

Usage examples:

They went into the hotel lobby

verb

Seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue.

Usage examples:

They insist on their right to lobby congress

noun

A large, open space just inside the main entrance of a public building such as a hotel, office building, or theater

Usage examples:

As you enter the lobby, you’ll see the elevators on your right., the environmental lobby, [ t ] cou…

adjective

Affectedly dainty in manner or gait; effeminate (typically used of a man).

Usage examples:

I don't have to go through the rest of my life with that mincing voice of yours

verb

Cut up or grind (food, especially meat) into very small pieces, typically in a machine with revolving blades.

Usage examples:

Use a food processor to mince the lamb

adjective

A mincing walk uses small, delicate steps in a way that does not look natural

Usage examples:

She took short, mincing steps., she found herself irritated by the interviewer's mincing way of ask…

adjective

Very formal and correct in behaviour, often in a way that is not sincere

Usage examples:

The chef had no patience with customers making niminy-piminy comments about his dishes., he adopts …

verb

Unharness (an animal) from a wagon.

Usage examples:

The wagons were drawn up beside the road and the oxen outspanned

noun

A place for grazing or camping on a wagon journey.

Usage examples:

The trekking routes and outspans - a term derived from unyoking a team of oxen - became major chann…

verb

(of an actor or actress) act a role in an exaggerated manner.

Usage examples:

A weepy actress with a strong tendency to overact

verb

To make your voice and movements express emotions too strongly when acting in a play, etc.

adjective

Somewhat effeminate.

noun

A social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment.

Usage examples:

An engagement party

verb

Enjoy oneself at a party or other lively gathering, typically with drinking and music.

Usage examples:

Put on your glad rags and party!

adjective

Divided into parts of different tinctures.

Usage examples:

Party per fess, or, and azure

noun

The position in which someone holds their body when standing or sitting.

Usage examples:

I got out of the car in an alert posture

verb

Behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead.

Usage examples:

A billionaire posturing as a hero of the working class

noun

Behaviour that is intended to impress or mislead.

Usage examples:

A masking of fear with macho posturing

verb

Behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead.

Usage examples:

A billionaire posturing as a hero of the working class

noun

Behaviour or speech that is intended to attract attention and interest, or to make people believe something that is not true

Usage examples:

His writing has been dismissed as mere intellectual posturing.

noun

A group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.

Usage examples:

Christians had gone astray and corrupted the god's scriptures by dividing into different sects and …

abbreviation

Section.

noun

A religious group with beliefs that make it different from a larger or more established religion it has separated from

Usage examples:

A christian sect

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

collocation

To put up your tent or tents

Usage examples:

We set up camp by the lakeside., after setting up camp they went to look for firewood.

idiom

Display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

phrasal verb

Display someone or something that is a source of pride.

Usage examples:

Her jeans were tight-fitting, showing off her compact figure

phrasal verb

Boastfully display one's abilities or accomplishments.

Usage examples:

He was showing off, trying to make a really big impression

noun

A position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point.

Usage examples:

A town on the other side of the river

verb

Support or oppose in a conflict, dispute, or debate.

Usage examples:

He felt that max had betrayed him by siding with beatrice

noun

A portable shelter made of cloth, supported by one or more poles and stretched tight by cords or loops attached to pegs driven into the ground.

Usage examples:

Some of the families here stay inside the mosque, but the rest are camped out in tents that provide…

verb

Cover with or as if with a tent.

Usage examples:

The garden had been completely tented over for supper

noun

A deep red sweet wine chiefly from spain, used especially as sacramental wine.

noun

(in a bird) a modified forelimb that bears large feathers and is used for flying.

Usage examples:

Besides having forelimbs that resemble the wings of modern birds, the animal sported long feathers …

verb

Travel on wings or by aircraft; fly.

Usage examples:

George satisfied his keen urge to fly by winging homewards with the royal air force