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biv·ou·ac

 (bĭv′o͞o-ăk′, bĭv′wăk′)
n.
A temporary encampment often in an unsheltered area.
intr.v. biv·ou·acked, biv·ou·ack·ing, biv·ou·acs also biv·ou·acks
To camp in a bivouac.
[French, from German dialectal beiwacht, supplementary night watch : bei-, beside (from Middle High German bi-, from Old High German; see ambhi in Indo-European roots) + Wacht, watch, vigil (from Middle High German wahte, from Old High German wahta; see weg- in Indo-European roots).]
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bivouac

(ˈbɪvʊˌæk; ˈbɪvwæk)
n
(Military) a temporary encampment with few facilities, as used by soldiers, mountaineers, etc
vb, -acs, -acking or -acked
(Military) (intr) to make such an encampment
[C18: from French bivuac, probably from Swiss German Beiwacht, literally: by + watch]
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biv•ou•ac

(ˈbɪv uˌæk, ˈbɪv wæk)

n., v. -acked, -ack•ing. n.
1. a military encampment made with tents.
2. the place used for such an encampment.
v.i.
3. to assemble in a bivouac.
[1700–10; < French < Swiss German bīwacht auxiliary patrol =bī- by- + wacht patrol, watch]
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bivouac


Past participle: bivouacked
Gerund: bivouacking

Imperative
bivouac
bivouac
Present
I bivouac
you bivouac
he/she/it bivouacs
we bivouac
you bivouac
they bivouac
Preterite
I bivouacked
you bivouacked
he/she/it bivouacked
we bivouacked
you bivouacked
they bivouacked
Present Continuous
I am bivouacking
you are bivouacking
he/she/it is bivouacking
we are bivouacking
you are bivouacking
they are bivouacking
Present Perfect
I have bivouacked
you have bivouacked
he/she/it has bivouacked
we have bivouacked
you have bivouacked
they have bivouacked
Past Continuous
I was bivouacking
you were bivouacking
he/she/it was bivouacking
we were bivouacking
you were bivouacking
they were bivouacking
Past Perfect
I had bivouacked
you had bivouacked
he/she/it had bivouacked
we had bivouacked
you had bivouacked
they had bivouacked
Future
I will bivouac
you will bivouac
he/she/it will bivouac
we will bivouac
you will bivouac
they will bivouac
Future Perfect
I will have bivouacked
you will have bivouacked
he/she/it will have bivouacked
we will have bivouacked
you will have bivouacked
they will have bivouacked
Future Continuous
I will be bivouacking
you will be bivouacking
he/she/it will be bivouacking
we will be bivouacking
you will be bivouacking
they will be bivouacking
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bivouacking
you have been bivouacking
he/she/it has been bivouacking
we have been bivouacking
you have been bivouacking
they have been bivouacking
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bivouacking
you will have been bivouacking
he/she/it will have been bivouacking
we will have been bivouacking
you will have been bivouacking
they will have been bivouacking
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bivouacking
you had been bivouacking
he/she/it had been bivouacking
we had been bivouacking
you had been bivouacking
they had been bivouacking
Conditional
I would bivouac
you would bivouac
he/she/it would bivouac
we would bivouac
you would bivouac
they would bivouac
Past Conditional
I would have bivouacked
you would have bivouacked
he/she/it would have bivouacked
we would have bivouacked
you would have bivouacked
they would have bivouacked
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bivouac - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiersbivouac - temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"
camp, cantonment, encampment
boot camp - camp for training military recruits
hutment - an encampment of huts (chiefly military)
laager, lager - a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons
military quarters - living quarters for personnel on a military post
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
2.bivouac - a site where people on holiday can pitch a tentbivouac - a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
campground, camping area, camping ground, camping site, campsite, encampment
land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"
Verb1.bivouac - live in or as if in a tentbivouac - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"
camp, camp out, encamp, tent
inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
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Translations

bivouac

[ˈbɪvʊæk] (bivouacked (vb: pt, pp))
A. N → vivaque m
B. VI → vivaquear
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bivouac

[ˈbɪvuæk]
n → bivouac m
vi → bivouaquer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bivouac

vb: pret, ptp <bivouacked>
n → Biwak nt
vi → biwakieren
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bivouac

[ˈbɪvʊæk] (bivouacked (vb: pt, pp))
1. n → bivacco
2. vi → bivaccare
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This rear-guard had devoted itself to the task of saving a frightful multitude of stragglers overcome by the cold, who obstinately refused to leave the bivouacs of the army.
Hardly had this generous officer gone a hundred yards towards Studzianka than General Eble wakened a number of his weary pontoniers, and began the work,--the charitable work of burning the bivouacs set up about the bridge, and forcing the sleepers, thus dislodged, to cross the river.
A sea of fire lay before them in the darkness of the night, licking up the cabins and the bivouacs; cries of despair, howls, and imprecations reached their ears; they saw against the flames thousands of human beings with agonized or furious faces.
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By evening, the adjutants had spread it to all ends and parts of the army, and in the night from the nineteenth to the twentieth, the whole eighty thousand allied troops rose from their bivouacs to the hum of voices, and the army swayed and started in one enormous mass six miles long.
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I reached the place of our bivouac by sunset, and drinking much mate, and smoking several cigaritos, soon made up my bed for the night.
At night we had some difficulty in finding amidst the swamps, a dry place for our bivouac.
The storm was said to have been of limited extent: we certainly saw from our last night's bivouac a dense cloud and lightning in this direction.
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Accustomed to live in tents, or to bivouac in the open air, he despises the comforts and is impatient of the confinement of the log-house.
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Joe arranged their bivouac for that evening, as he had done for the previous night; and during the watches kept by the doctor and Kennedy there was no fresh incident.
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It so happened that after travelling for several miles they inadvertently took another path than that followed by the party under Barunda's uncle, so that they passed the latter without being aware of it, going nearly half a mile to the right of where the trailers camped a short distance from the bivouac of Ninaka.
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An officer of the Federal force, who, in a spirit of adventure or in quest of knowledge, had left the hidden bivouac in the valley, and, with aimless feet, had made his way to the lower edge of a small open space near the foot of the cliff, was considering what he had to gain by pushing his exploration further.
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"Friend," replied the low voice of Chingachgook; who, pointing upward at the luminary which was shedding its mild light through the opening in the trees, directly in their bivouac, immediately added, in his rude English: "Moon comes and white man's fort far--far off; time to move, when sleep shuts both eyes of the Frenchman!"
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