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ENCAMP
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they encamp ... he / she / it encamps
Past simple: encamped
Past participle: encamped
-ing form: encamping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Live in or as if in a tent
Example:
The houseguests had to camp in the living room
Synonyms:
bivouac; camp; camp out; encamp; tent
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "encamp" is one way to...):
dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
encampment (the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp)
