camp in WordNet English dictionary

1. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
   "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
   camp  encampment  cantonment  bivouac 
   
2. temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
   "level ground is best for parking and camp areas"
   camp 
   
3. a penal institution (often for forced labor)
   "China has many camps for political prisoners"
   camp 
   
4. a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months
   "city kids get to see the country at a summer camp"
   camp  summer camp 
   
5. shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs
   camp  refugee camp 
   
6. something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
   "the living room was pure camp"
   camp 
   
7. a group of people living together in a camp
   "the whole camp laughed at his mistake"
   camp 
   
8. an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
   clique  coterie  ingroup  inner circle  pack  camp 
   

1. live in or as if in a tent
   "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
   camp  encamp  camp out  bivouac  tent 
   
2. give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
   camp 
   
3. establish or set up a camp
   camp  camp down 
   

1. providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
   "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"
   camp  campy