(n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.
(n.) A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.
(n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.
(n.) The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.
(n.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie.
(n.) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
(v. t.) To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
(v. i.) To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.
(n.) To play the game called camp.
Example Sentences:
(1) Squadron Leader Kevin Harris, commander of the Merlins at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, praised the crews, adding: "The Merlins will undergo an extensive programme of maintenance and cleaning before being packed up, ensuring they return to the UK in good order."
(2) To be fair to lads who find themselves just a bus ride from Auschwitz, a visit to the camp is now considered by many tourists to be a Holocaust "bucket list item", up there with the Anne Frank museum, where Justin Bieber recently delivered this compliment : "Anne was a great girl.
(3) Content of cyclic nucleoside monophosphates was decreased in all the eye tissues in experimental toxico-allergic uveitis as well as penetration of cAMP into the fluid of anterior chamber of the eye.
(4) These effects are similar to those reported for AVP and phorbol esters, activators of protein kinase C. Forskolin and isoproterenol, which induce cAMP accumulation, activated extractable topoisomerase II (maximum 5-15 min after treatment), but not topoisomerase I. Permeable cyclic nucleotide analogs dBcAMP and 8BrcGMP selectively activated extractable topoisomerase II and topoisomerase I activities, respectively.
(5) A domain containing a CA repeat, similar to ones found in other late, cAMP-induced Dictyostelium genes, is required for cAMP-induced and developmental expression.
(6) Stimulation of atrial H1-receptors is suggested to directly cause an increase in Ca-channel conductance independent of intracellular cAMP content.
(7) Tumor promoting phorbol esters (1-1000 nM) could also inhibit PGE2 stimulated cAMP production dose dependently.
(8) A number of asylum seekers detained in the family camp on Nauru have begun peaceful protests over conditions at the centre.
(9) Tiropramide remarkably increased cAMP level but it had no effect on cGMP level in the bladder at the lower concentrations.
(10) Examination of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed an apparent homology to cAMP binding sites in several other proteins.
(11) Blood samples were collected from an antecubital vein at sea level (S1), in a base camp at 1515 m prior to the summit ascent (S2), on the summit at 3285 m after 6.5 hours of climbing (S3), at base camp immediately after the descent (S4), and at sea level following a trail descent from the base camp (S5).
(12) The data indicate greater legitimacy and openness in discussing holocaust-related issues in the homes of ex-partisans than in the homes of ex-prisoners in concentration camps.
(13) Therefore, these results led us to suggest a more complex role of cAMP in the regulation of platelet Ca2+ concentration.
(14) The reaction components and conditions affecting CAMP factor (Streptococcus agalactiae) induced lysis of target cells have been investigated.
(15) To this purpose, the formation of DHT has been measured in rat glial cell cultures after different time of exposure to TPA, 4 alpha-Ph, an active and an inactive phorbol ester respectively, and 8-Br-cAMP.
(16) However, cAMP also has posttranscriptional effects on the enzyme's synthesis, as evidenced by the 4- to 5-fold enhanced decline seen when cultured hepatoma cells are exposed to cAMP and transcription is inhibited.
(17) Cells defective in gpa2 fail to produce cAMP in response to glucose stimulation.
(18) 65% of the cAMP injected into the amniotic fluid of 2 monkeys remained after 1 hour.
(19) In intact animals, GM1 treatment produced a reduction in cAMP and Ca2+ induced striatal protein phosphorylation.
(20) We examined the effect of propentofylline on two adenosine actions in the rat hippocampus; the A2-mediated stimulation of 3H-cAMP accumulation and the A1-mediated inhibition of 3H-ACh release.
Encamp
Definition:
(v. i.) To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.
(v. t.) To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Filipinos, occupying two UN encampments, refused and fought the rebels on Saturday.
(2) In subsequent years, armed with his trusty sword, Excalibur (a superannuated prop from John Boorman 's film of the same name), he persistently challenged the law against assembling at Stonehenge, while the site itself grew increasingly to resemble one of the military encampments on nearby Salisbury Plain.
(3) The traditional Bedouin Arab lifestyle (living in tents or huts and in traditional or transitional encampments) contributed strongly to increased duration of breast feeding.
(4) Still, the woman said she never felt threatened by the residents of the homeless encampment.
(5) Fire pits and heat lamps had been set up, and from the tented encampment people handed out food – pizza, spaghetti, and fried chicken – to the crowd.
(6) My defence asked the judge to test whether our encampment outside the stock exchange could claim to be acting in the interests of "democratic society" and constituted a response to a "pressing social need" – in line with the relevant provisions in the European convention on human rights, and the Human Rights Act.
(7) Standing Rock protest: North Dakota governor orders immediate evacuation Read more As the first snows have fallen and more protesters arrive in support, apprehension at the encampments about the coming days is running high.
(8) And yet, as was clear talking to the ministers, current and former, seeking shelter from the Westminster drizzle in the media encampment of satellite trucks and makeshift tents on College Green, those who want Brown gone look weak too.
(9) At least 30,000 made it to Dawson City, which mushroomed from a small encampment to a city of 16,000 in two years.
(10) The cathedral is not taking legal action to remove the encampment from its doorstep, but has always acknowledged the corporation's right to do so.
(11) Reuters reports that anti-government protesters encamped in Kiev’s central Independence Square are deeply sceptical of any announcement from the Russian-backed president.
(12) Since Yanukovych's fall, the encampment in the centre of Kiev, known as Maidan, has dwindled to a fraction of its original size as many activists have either headed back to work or signed up to join government forces battling the rebels in the east.
(13) In the summer of 2012, it was also briefly home to a small protest encampment .
(14) A makeshift encampment of migrants near the Calais ferry port.
(15) The corporation claims the encampment obstructs the public highways around the cathedral, and is seeking to remove tents and other structures from the area.
(16) The RAF has the capacity to fly the entire encampment in a matter of days and the cost might be covered by the Dfid budget, says Tim Cross, a retired major general now working in the voluntary sector.
(17) Funded by an anonymous $3m donation – most likely from a member of the new tech elite – it allows encampments to move in en masse.
(18) Vardy is better suited to counterattacking whereas England were virtually encamped in the opposition half during the late exchanges.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest One of the military encampments in Marib province, where fighters opposed to the Houthis are stationed.
(20) The first group of 35 peacekeepers was then successfully escorted out of a UN encampment in Breiqa by Irish and Filipino forces on board armoured vehicles.