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campear — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • camp noun A place with tents, cabins, or temporary shelters where people stay, especially outdoors.
  • graze verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
  • scour verb To clean something thoroughly by rubbing it hard, often with an abrasive.
  • scout noun A person sent ahead to gather information, especially about an enemy or unfamiliar territory.
  • search verb To look carefully in order to find someone or something.

Senses

campear is used for these senses in English:

  • camp (intransitive, sports, video games) To stay in an advantageous location.
  • graze (ambitransitive) To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture)
  • reconnoiter (American spelling, transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.
  • scour (transitive) To search an area thoroughly.

camp — full definition

  1. noun A place with tents, cabins, or temporary shelters where people stay, especially outdoors.
  2. noun A group activity or programme, often for children, focused on a particular skill or theme.
  3. noun A deliberately exaggerated, theatrical, or self-mocking style, especially in fashion or performance.
  4. adjective Exaggerated, theatrical, or flamboyantly over-the-top, often knowingly so.
  5. verb To stay temporarily in a tent or outdoor shelter.

graze — full definition

  1. verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
  2. verb To touch or rub something lightly while passing it, sometimes scraping the skin.
  3. noun A minor scrape or scratch on the skin.

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