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DECAMP
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they decamp ... he / she / it decamps
Past simple: decamped
Past participle: decamped
-ing form: decamping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leave suddenly
Example:
skip town
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "decamp" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Example:
the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
Synonyms:
abscond; absquatulate; bolt; decamp; go off; make off; run off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "decamp" is one way to...):
flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decamp"):
levant (run off without paying a debt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
decampment (the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Leave a camp
Example:
The hikers decamped before dawn
Synonyms:
break camp; decamp
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "decamp" is one way to...):
depart; quit; take leave (go away or leave)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
decampment (breaking camp)
