CAMP OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does camp out mean? 

• CAMP OUT (verb)
  The verb CAMP OUT has 1 sense:

1. live in or as if in a tent

  Familiarity information: CAMP OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAMP OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Live in or as if in a tent

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

bivouac; camp; camp out; encamp; tent

Context example:

The houseguests had to camp in the living room

Hypernyms (to "camp out" is one way to...):

dwell; inhabit; live; populate (be an inhabitant of or reside in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

They were obliged to camp out that night under a large tree in the forest, for there were no houses near.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)