camp - Meaning in Sanskrit

camp - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of camp in English

camp adjective

1. providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities

   Examples

   • "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"
   • "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"

camp noun

1. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

   Example

   • "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
2. temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers

   Example

   • "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
3. a penal institution (often for forced labor)

   Example

   • "China has many camps for political prisoners"
4. 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"
5. shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
6. something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality

   Example

   • "the living room was pure camp"
7. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
8. a group of people living together in a camp

   Example

   • "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"

camp verb

1. give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
2. establish or set up a camp
3. live in or as if in a tent

   Synonyms

   tent

   Examples

   • "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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