encamp

verb

en·​camp in-ˈkamp 

en-

encamped; encamping; encamps

intransitive verb

: to set up or occupy a camp

transitive verb

: to place or establish in a camp

Synonyms

• bivouac
• camp (out)

Examples of encamp in a Sentence

the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail

as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym

Recent Examples on the Web

Hall and Hind spent months encamped in Eucalyptus’s Sydney, Australia offices, learning how the company’s customer support systems worked. —Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024

Since April, amid the now eight-month long Israel-Hamas war, university students in over two dozen schools across the country have taken to protesting and encamping in solidarity with Palestine to get their schools to break direct and indirect ties with Israel. —Brenda Barrientos, refinery29.com, 14 June 2024

First, encamped students were passionate about elevating awareness of and taking action to address the abject suffering of innocent Palestinian civilians. —Elizabeth H. Bradley, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024

As students across the nation encamped, expressing their rage at the atrocities in Gaza, some colleges called on police to remove encampments. —Elizabeth H. Bradley, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Kids Definition

encamp

verb

en·​camp in-ˈkamp 

1

: to set up and occupy a camp : camp

2

: to place or establish in a camp

encamp troops