camping

Verb

camp (third-person singular simple present camps, present participle camping, simple past and past participle camped)

1. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
   • We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
2. To set up a camp.
3. (transitive) To afford rest or lodging for.
   • Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
4. (intransitive) To stay in an advantageous location.
   • Some players like to camp next to a power-up's spawning point.
5. (transitive) To stay beside (something) to gain an advantage.
   • The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
6. (Australia, intransitive) Of stock animals, to assemble or rest temporarily at a particular place.
   • The bullocks camped in front on the big fire, with the black line of trees facing them.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 10

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