English-Thai Dictionary

decamp

VI หลบหนี  หนี  แหก ค่าย  escape leave lob-ne

 

decamp with

PHRV จากไป ทันที และ รวดเร็ว  chak-pai-tan-ti-lae-ruad-reo

 

decampment

N การออกไป จาก ค่าย  kan-ook-pai-jak-kai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECAMP

v.i.To remove or depart from a camp; to march off; as, the army decamped at six o'clock.

 

DECAMPMENT

n.Departure from a camp; a marching off.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECAMP

De *camp ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decamped; p. pr. & vb. n. Decamping.]Etym: [F. décamper; pref. dé - (L. dis ) + camp camp. See Camp. ]

 

1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly. Macaulay.

 

2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly. The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. Goldsmith.

 

DECAMPMENT

De *camp "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. décampement.]

 

Defn: Departure from a camp; a marching off.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

decamp

de camp |diˈkamp dəˈkæmp | ▶verb [ no obj. ] depart suddenly or secretly, esp. to relocate one's business or household in another area: now he has decamped to Hollywood. • archaic break up or leave a military camp: the armies of both chiefs had decamped. DERIVATIVES de camp ment noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French décamper, from dé - (expressing removal ) + camp ‘camp. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

decamp

de ¦camp |dɪˈkamp | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 leave a place suddenly or secretly: now he has decamped to Hollywood. 2 break up or leave a military camp. DERIVATIVES decampment noun ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French décamper, from dé - (expressing removal ) + camp ‘camp ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

decamp

decamp verb 1 he decamped with the profits: abscond, make off, run off /away, flee, bolt, take flight, disappear, vanish, steal away, sneak away, escape, make a run for it, leave, depart; informal split, scram, vamoose, cut and run, do a disappearing act, head for the hills, go AWOL, take a powder, go on the lam. 2 archaic the armies decamped: strike one's tents, break camp, move on.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

decamp

decamp verb 1 he sold their paintings and decamped with the proceeds: abscond, make off, run off, run away, flee, bolt, take off, take flight, disappear, vanish, slip away, steal away, sneak away, beat a hasty retreat, escape, make a run for it, make one's getaway, leave, depart, make oneself scarce; informal split, scram, skedaddle, vamoose, skip, cut and run, make tracks, push off, shove off, clear off, hightail it, hotfoot it, show a clean pair of heels, do a bunk, do a runner, do a moonlight flit, do a disappearing act, head for the hills, fly the coop, take French leave, go AWOL; Brit. informal scarper; N. Amer. informal take a powder, go on the lam, light out, bug out, peel out, cut out; Brit. informal, dated hook it. ANTONYMS return. 2 archaic the armies of both chiefs had decamped: strike one's tents, break camp, move on. ANTONYMS encamp.

 

French Dictionary

décamper

décamper v. intr. verbe intransitif familier S ’enfuir précipitamment. : Le cambrioleur a décampé. SYNONYME déguerpir ; fuir ; sauver . Note Grammaticale Ce verbe se conjugue généralement avec l ’auxiliaire avoir. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

decamp

de camp /dɪkǽmp /動詞 自動詞 1 «…から » (ひそかに )立ち退く [去る ], 逃亡する «from » .2 〈軍隊が 〉キャンプをたたむ, キャンプ地を引き払う .～ment 名詞