encamp
verb
en·camp
| \ in-ˈkamp
, en-\
, en-\
encamped;
encamping;
encamps
Definition of encamp
: to set up or occupy a camp
: to place or establish in a camp
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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
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The number of caravan migrants encamped at Tijuana’s main shelter has dropped by more than half, according to local government officials and social workers. — Juan Montes, WSJ, "Another Caravan Crosses Mexican-Guatemalan Border," 18 Jan. 2019 Actor Jason Momoa, who has born in Hawaii, visited the hundreds of demonstrators encamped at the base of Mauna Kea on the Big Island on Wednesday. — Doug Criss, CNN, "Jason Momoa joins protesters trying to keep a telescope off Hawaii's tallest mountain," 2 Aug. 2019 The long-simmering standoff between Sudan’s military regime and civilian protesters encamped in the capital of Khartoum exploded this week. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, "Will Sudan’s military crush hope for democracy?," 5 June 2019 Depending on the supply of food and water within, those inside could often outlast the enemy encamped beyond the walls. — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, "How to Storm a Castle," 11 Apr. 2019 We had all been encamped at my grandparents’ place for some school break and, desperately in need of an escape, took up the offer from some very stylish friends of my parents for cocktails and dinner at their place in Palm Beach. — Steven Stolman, House Beautiful, "This Delightfully Retro Apartment Complex Has Been Home to Design Royalty," 6 Mar. 2019 Another group of some 2,500 migrants has encamped in an improvised shelter in Mexico City. — Juan Montes, WSJ, "Mexican Authorities Relocate Hundreds of Migrants From Border City," 15 Feb. 2019 Its cafés were battlegrounds of the Dreyfus Affair, each side encamped in partisan locales. — Norman Lebrecht, WSJ, "‘A Rich Brew’ Review: A Remarkable Cultural Infusion," 28 June 2018 Buy Photo Beneath four underpasses in Kensington, hundreds of people have been encamped for months, and many face a May 30 deadline to clear out. — Antoinette Kraus, Philly.com, "Philly's heroin camps illustrate how housing instability hurts health," 29 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'encamp.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for encamp
encamp
verb
English Language Learners Definition of encamp
formal
: to set up and use a camp
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