English to English adjective satellite
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providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities |  | Example: they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers |  | Example: wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
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a group of people living together in a camp |  | Example: the whole camp laughed at his mistake
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temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers |  | Example: level ground is best for parking and camp areas
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an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose |  | source: wordnet30
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a penal institution (often for forced labor) |  | Example: China has many camps for political prisoners
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something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality |  | Example: the living room was pure camp
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shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs |  | source: wordnet30
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a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months |  | Example: city kids get to see the country at a summer camp
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The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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live in or as if in a tent |  | Example: Can we go camping again this summer? The circus tented near the town The houseguests had to camp in the living room
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establish or set up a camp |  | source: wordnet30
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give an artificially banal or sexual quality to |  | source: wordnet30
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To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers. |  | source: webster1913
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To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; - - often with out. |  | source: webster1913
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