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to set up a bivvy

to set up a bivvy

8.7
Make a small outdoor shelter to sleep in
  • phrasal verb
  • Jargon
translation icon : montar un bivvy
  • After hiking all day, they found a clearing to set up a bivvy for the night.

Examples

  • It took her only a few minutes to set up a bivvy using her lightweight gear.

  • We decided to set up a bivvy just before the rain started.

  • We need to set up a bivvy before it gets dark.

  • Don't forget to set up a bivvy for the night!

  • After hiking all day, they found a clearing to set up a bivvy for the night.

  • It took her only a few minutes to set up a bivvy using her lightweight gear.

  • We decided to set up a bivvy just before the rain started.

Synonyms

to camp
vsto set up a bivvy
220 1.0

To stay in a tent or simple shelter outdoors

is about creating a brief sleeping cover rather than prolonged living outdoors
to go camping
vsto set up a bivvy
51 1.0

To sleep outdoors in a tent for fun

focuses on quickly putting up a survival or sleeping cover, not leisure stays
to camp out
vsto set up a bivvy
48 2.4

To sleep outdoors for a short time, often in a tent

emphasizes erecting a temporary sleeping cover rather than merely staying outdoors
to pitch a tent
vsto set up a bivvy
5 2.9

To put up a tent for camping

involves setting up a simpler, low profile sleeping cover instead of a full shelter
to encamp
vsto set up a bivvy
5 7.6

To set up tents or temporary shelters and live there for a time

means putting up a quick sleeping cover, not establishing a settled base
to tent
vsto set up a bivvy
3 2.8

To sleep or stay in a small portable shelter outside

focuses on building a minimal sleeping cover rather than sheltering inside a structure
to bivy
vsto set up a bivvy
1 9.9

To sleep outdoors in a simple shelter

focuses on putting up a small temporary sleeping cover rather than just staying overnight

Antonyms

to take down
46 3.0

To remove something that is fixed or standing, for example stage equipment

How Sheltered

to take cover
69 3.4
to set up a bivvy
  • Jargon
8.7

Surface Forms

set up a bivvy infinitive
set up a bivvy past
set up a bivvy past participle
setting up a bivvy present participle
sets up a bivvy third person singular

Morphology

set + up + a + bivvy

The meaning 'to put up a temporary shelter' is directly derivable from combining 'set up' (to erect or put in place) with the noun 'bivvy' (a temporary shelter). This is a straightforward verb + object composition following regular English patterns, so a B1 learner who already knows the constituent words would understand it.

Etymology

The phrase set up a bivvy comes from camping: a bivvy is a very small, simple shelter you sleep in, and set up means to put it in place. So, set up a bivvy means 'to put up a temporary shelter to sleep outdoors'.