camp, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

camp (camps plural & 3rd person present) (camping present participle) (camped past tense & past participle )

1 n-count A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
...a refugee camp...

2 n-var A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday.

3 n-var A camp is a collection of tents or caravans where people are living or staying, usually temporarily while they are travelling.
...gypsy camps...

4  verb If you camp somewhere, you stay or live there for a short time in a tent or caravan, or in the open air.
We camped near the beach.  V
  Camp out means the same as camp., phrasal verb
♦ camping  n-uncount
They went camping in the wilds.

5 n-count You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp.
The press release provoked furious protests from the Gore camp and other top Democrats.

6  adj If you describe someone's behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp, you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some male homosexuals.
INFORMAL James Barron turns in a delightfully camp performance.
  Camp is also a noun., n-uncount

7
→ camped
→ aide-de-camp
→ concentration camp
→ holiday camp
→ labour camp
→ prison camp
→ training camp

8 If a performer camps it up, they deliberately perform in an exaggerated and often amusing way.
INFORMAL
♦ camp it up phrase camp out phrasal verb If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen., (emphasis) ...reporters who had camped out in anticipation of her arrival. V P
→ camp 4