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kemp

/kɛmp/

kemp noun: a coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.

Noun (1)

kemp (countable and uncountable, plural kemps)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) Rough hair, wool, or fur.

Adjective

kemp (comparative more kemp, superlative most kemp)

  1. (obsolete) Shaggy; rough.

Verb

kemp (third-person singular simple present kemps, present participle kemping, simple past and past participle kemped)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory.

Noun (2)

kemp (plural kemps)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) A contest in work, etc.

Noun (3)

kemp (plural kemps)

  1. (obsolete) A champion; a knight.

Proper noun capitalized: Kemp

Kemp (countable and uncountable, plural Kemps)

  1. A surname
  2. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Illinois, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Ohio, United States.
  4. A small town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.
  5. A small city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.

kemp meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

kemp in Hindi

केम्प

kemp in Tamil

மட்டரகக் கம்பளி

kemp in Marathi

केम्प

kemp in Urdu

موٹا اون
More languagesFewer languages
kemp in Bengali
কেম্প
kemp in Telugu
కెంప్
kemp in Malayalam
കെംപ്, കെമ്പ്
kemp in Kannada
ಕೆಂಪ್, ಕೆಂಪ್ಗೆ
kemp in Odia
କେମ୍ପ

Forms of kemp

Noun
pluralkemps
alternative form (rare)camp
Adjective
comparativemore kemp
superlativemost kemp
Verb
third-person singular presentkemps
present participlekemping
past participlekemped
pastkemped
Proper noun
pluralKemps

Origin of kemp

From Middle English kempe (“coarse hairs”), from Old English cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-West Germanic *kanip, from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“jaw”). Related to chin.

From Middle English kempe, campe (“shaggy, rough”).

From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”), ultimately from Latin campus.

Words formed from kemp

Words that rhyme with kemp

Questions about kemp

What does kemp mean?
Kemp means a coarse or bristly hair, whisker; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.
What is kemp in Hindi?
Kemp in Hindi is केम्प. See Kemp meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is kemp?
Kemp can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce kemp?
Kemp is pronounced /kɛmp/.
What is the plural of kemp?
The plural of kemp is kemps.

Words near kemp in the dictionary

  1. kemonomimis
  2. kemonos
  3. kemosabe
  4. kemosabes
  5. kemosabi
  6. kemp
  7. Kemp Town
  8. Kemp's loggerhead
  9. Kemp's ridley
  10. Kemp's ridley sea turtle
  11. Kemp's ridley sea turtles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kemp (page history and authors); Kemp (page history and authors); kemp (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kemp (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kemp (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kemp (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kemp (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kemp (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kemp (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kemp (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kemp (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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