Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To set up a camp; to camp somewhere.

    We're camping down early so we can get started.

    establish or set up a camp

  2. (intransitive, slang)To lie down or rest somewhere.

    He camped down at my feet.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The camp was shut down shortly after.

  2. Dmitri burnt the whole camp down.

  3. Janos had a small camping trip down that creek.

  4. The Tuareg camp is somewhere down this valley.

  5. The Tuareg camp is somewhere down in this valley.

Forms

camps down, camping down, camped down, camped down
Base formcamp down · to camp down
3rd person singularcamps down
Present participlecamping down
Past simplecamped down
Past participlecamped down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycamp down
he, she, itcamps down

Past simpleLesson

all personscamped down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave camped down
he, she, ithas camped down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill camp down

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • establish or set up a camp:camp

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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