name
Meaning 1
A surname
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decamp
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /diːˈkæmp/
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rhymes with -æmp
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CMU ARPABET: D AH0 K AE1 M P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To break camp and move on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To disappear suddenly and secretly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To debark, to disembark.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: perhaps nonstandard
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verb
Meaning 5
leave suddenly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She persuaded him to decamp
- skip town
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skip, vamoose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leave, go forth, go away
verb
Meaning 6
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The thief made off with our silver
- the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, run off, go off, make off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: flee, fly, take flight
Narrower terms: levant
verb
Meaning 7
leave a camp
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The hikers decamped before dawn
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: break camp
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: depart, take leave, quit
History
Etymology
* French décamper, Old French descamper.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 拔營 /拔营 (báyíng) — break up camp and move on
- Chinese Mandarin: 撤營 /撤营 — break up camp and move on
- Finnish: purkaa leiri — break up camp and move on
- Finnish: lähteä — break up camp and move on
- French: décamper — break up camp and move on
- German: but see das Lager abbrechen — break up camp and move on
- German: aufbrechen — break up camp and move on
- German: abmarschieren — break up camp and move on
- Polish: zwiewać — break up camp and move on
- Polish: zwiać — break up camp and move on
- Chinese Mandarin: 消失 (xiāoshī) — disappear suddenly and secretly
- Chinese Mandarin: 潛逃 /潜逃 (qiántáo) — disappear suddenly and secretly
- Finnish: livahtaa — disappear suddenly and secretly
- Finnish: livetä — disappear suddenly and secretly
- French: décamper — disappear suddenly and secretly
- German: sich davonmachen — disappear suddenly and secretly
- German: sich davonstehlen — disappear suddenly and secretly
- German: heimlich verschwinden — disappear suddenly and secretly
- Chinese Mandarin: 下船 (xiàchuán) — debark
- Chinese Mandarin: 登陸 /登陆 (dēnglù) — debark
- Finnish: nousta — debark
- French: débarquer — debark
- German: aussteigen — debark
- German: absteigen — debark
- German: ein Verkehrsmittel verlassen — debark