See Also: camp(1)(dictionary)
camp(2)(dictionary)
camp(4)(dictionary)
camp(5)(dictionary)
camp(6)(dictionary)
day camp(dictionary)
camp bed(dictionary)
fat camp(dictionary)
Camp(medicine)
camp(3)(dictionary)

camp(5) (iou)



camp verb2. [kamp] M16.
[French camper, formed as CAMP noun2.]
verb intrans. Live or stay in a camp or tent; form or pitch one's camp; encamp; gen. take up residence, lodge. M16.
camp out lodge in the open in a camp.
verb trans. Establish or place in a camp. Now usu. in pass. M16.
Oxford English Dictionary The troops would be camped along the river side.
verb intrans. Of sheep or cattle: flock together, usu. for rest or at night. Austral. & NZ. M19.
verb trans. & intrans. Telephony. Reserve (a call) for connection on to or on to an engaged telephone as soon as it becomes free. L20.
Comb.: camp-on (busy) Telephony a facility allowing a call to be camped on to an engaged telephone.