encamp

Verb

Meaning

To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.

To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bivouac camp tent camp out harbor barrack chamber harbour burrow board pitch quarter settle accommodate anchor
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Antonyms

attack dispute harm massacre alarm expose
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Hypernyms

live inhabit dwell populate

Derivatives

encamped encamping

Examples

Can we go camping again this summer? Source: Internet

The circus tented near the town Source: Internet

The houseguests had to camp in the living room Source: Internet

Louis II ordered them to encamp on 2 July but no one reported on that day – not even the King. Source: Internet

After reconnoitring the English position, it was advised to Philip that the army should encamp and give battle the following day. Source: Internet

The twelve tribes of Israel encamp around the mountain, and on the third day Mount Sinai begins to smolder, then catches fire, and Yahweh speaks the Ten Commandments from the midst of the fire to all the Israelites, from the top of the mountain. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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