Camp vs Mine - What's the difference?
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(label) Conflict; battle.
An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
A single hut or shelter.
The company or body of persons encamped.
* Macaulay
A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
(uncommon) campus
(informal) A summer camp.
(agriculture) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; called also burrow and pie.
(UK, obsolete) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
To wrangle; argue.
To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
To set up a camp.
To afford rest or lodging for.
* Shakespeare
(video games) To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.
of or related to a camp
An affected]], [[exaggerate, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
(of a, man) Ostentatiously effeminate.
Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.
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My; belonging to me; that which belongs to me.
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An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
(military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
(pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
(ambitransitive) To remove (ore) from the ground.
To dig into, for ore or metal.
* Ure
To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
* Hayward
* Sir Walter Scott
As an initialism camp
is .As a verb mine is
.As an adjective mine is
mined.camp
English
(wikipedia camp)Etymology 1
From (etyl) . The verb is from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), .Noun
(en noun)- a hunter's camp
- The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight.
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Verb
(en verb)- We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
- Had our great palace the capacity / To camp this host, we all would sup together.
- The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
- Go and camp the flag for the win.
Derived terms
* (l)Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* camper * campness * campfire * camp site, campsite * campstead, campsteading * campground * campestral * concentration camp * death camp * extermination camp * fat camp * spawn camping * summer campEtymology 2
Believed to be from Polari, otherwise obscure.listed in the Oxford English Dictionary'', second edition (1989) Suggested origins include the 17th century French word ''camper'', 'to put oneself in a pose',Douglas Harper,"camp (adj.)"] in: ''Etymonline.com - Online Etymology Dictionary'', 2001ffan assumed dialectal English word ''camp'' or ''kemp'' meaning 'rough' or 'uncouth' and a derivation from ''camp'' (n.)Micheal Quinion, [http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-cam1.htm "Camp" in: ''World Wide Words , 2003
Noun
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(er)Derived Terms
* camp it up * campyStatistics
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mine
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Pronoun
- Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: /
Usage notes
* . * Historically, (term) came to be used only before a consonant sound, and later came to be used regardless of the following sound. Nonetheless, (term) still sees archaic pre-vocalic use, as may be seen in the 1862 quotation above.See also
(English personal pronouns)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) (m), from .Noun
(en noun) view of an anti-tank landmine- This diamond comes from a mine in South Africa.
- He came out of the coal mine with a face covered in black.
- Most coal and ore comes from open-pit mines nowadays.
- His left leg was blown off after he stepped on a mine .
- The warship was destroyed by floating mines .
Derived terms
* anti-personnel mine * anti-tank mine * coal mine * gold mine, goldmine * land mine, landmine * limpet mine * magnetic mine * minefield * minelayer * mine of information * miner * mineral * mine run * mine shaft, mineshaft * minesweeper * mineworker * naval mine * open-pit mine * proximity mine * proxy mine * salt mine * strip-mine, strip mineVerb
(min)- Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only place in the world where visitors can mine their own diamonds.
- Lead veins have been traced but they have not been mined .
- We had to slow our advance after the enemy mined the road ahead of us.
- the mining cony
- They mined the walls.
- Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity.