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uncamp

uncamp verb: to break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.

Verb

uncamp (third-person singular simple present uncamps, present participle uncamping, simple past and past participle uncamped)

  1. (transitive) To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.
    • If they could but now uncamp their enemies […]1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To pack up, and leave a camp

Adjective

uncamp (comparative more uncamp, superlative most uncamp)

  1. Not camp.
    • As I write, big changes are in the offing for this long-established, uncamp, uncomplicated gay local.2000, Edward Sullivan, Evening Standard London Pub Bar Guide 1999

Forms of uncamp

Verb
third-person singular presentuncamps
present participleuncamping
past participleuncamped
pastuncamped
Adjective
comparativemore uncamp
superlativemost uncamp

Origin of uncamp

From un- (reversive prefix) + camp.

From un- (not) + camp (“effeminate”).

Questions about uncamp

What does uncamp mean?
Uncamp means to break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.
What part of speech is uncamp?
Uncamp can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of uncamp?
The past tense of uncamp is uncamped.

Words near uncamp in the dictionary

  1. uncambered
  2. uncamouflage
  3. uncamouflaged
  4. uncamouflages
  5. uncamouflaging
  6. uncamp
  7. uncamped
  8. uncamphorated
  9. uncamping
  10. uncamps
  11. uncampy

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