DECAMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decamp mean? 

• DECAMP (verb)
  The verb DECAMP has 3 senses:

1. leave a camp

2. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

3. leave suddenly

  Familiarity information: DECAMP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECAMP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they decamp    ... he / she / it decamps   
Past simple: decamped   
Past participle: decamped   
-ing form: decamping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leave a camp

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

break camp; decamp

Context example:

The hikers decamped before dawn

Hypernyms (to "decamp" is one way to...):

depart; quit; take leave (go away or leave)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

decampment (breaking camp)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

abscond; absquatulate; bolt; decamp; go off; make off; run off

Context example:

the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe

Hypernyms (to "decamp" is one way to...):

flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "decamp"):

levant (run off without paying a debt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

decampment (the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Leave suddenly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

decamp; skip; vamoose

Context example:

skip town

Hypernyms (to "decamp" is one way to...):

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

But as that wouldn't do in Westminster Hall, and as it wouldn't look quite professional if they were seen by a client, they decamped.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The introduction, however, was immediately made; and as she named their relationship to herself, she stole a sly look at him, to see how he bore it, and was not without the expectation of his decamping as fast as he could from such disgraceful companions.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)