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Damp

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Noun

1. damp, dampness, moistness

a slight wetness

Verb

2. damp, dampen, dull, muffle, mute, tone down

deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

3. damp

restrain or discourage

Example Sentences:
'the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere'

4. damp, dampen, deaden

make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

Example Sentences:
'muffle the message'

5. break, damp, dampen, soften, weaken

lessen in force or effect

Example Sentences:
'soften a shock'
'break a fall'

Adjective

6. damp, dampish, moist

slightly wet

Example Sentences:
'clothes damp with perspiration'
'a moist breeze'
'eyes moist with tears'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Damp

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adjective
1. 
slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
2. archaic
dejected
noun
3. 
slight wetness; moisture; humidity
4. 
rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine
See also firedamp
5. 
a discouragement; damper
6. archaic
dejection
verb (transitive)
7. 
to make slightly wet
8. (often foll by down)
to stifle or deaden
to damp one's ardour
9. (often foll by down)
to reduce the flow of air to (a fire) to make it burn more slowly or to extinguish it
10. physics
to reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or wave)
11. music
to muffle (the sound of an instrument)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Damp

see synonyms of damp
noun
1. 
a slight wetness; moisture
2. 
a harmful gas sometimes found in mines; firedamp; blackdamp
3.  Archaic
a dejected or depressed state
adjective
4. 
somewhat moist or wet; humid
5. 
dejected; depressed
verb transitive
6. 
to make damp; moisten
7. 
to slow the combustion of (a fire) by cutting off most of the air supply; bank
usually with down
8. 
to check or reduce (energy or action)
9. 
to check or deaden the vibration of (a piano string, drum membrane, etc.)
10. 
to reduce the amplitude of (oscillations, waves, etc.)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Damp

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adj. damp·er, damp·est
1. Slightly wet: a damp sponge.
2. Humid: damp air.
3. Archaic Dejected; depressed.
n.
1.
a. Moisture in the air; humidity: Come in out of the damp.
b. Moisture that lies or has condensed on something: "I saw the damp lying on the bare hedges and spare grass" (Charles Dickens).
2. Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines.
3. Archaic
a. Lowness of spirits; depression: "An angry or sorrowful [countenance] throws a sudden damp upon me" (David Hume).
b. A restraint or check; a discouragement: "The issue of arms was so slow as to throw a great damp upon volunteering" (James Franck Bright).
tr.v. damped, damp·ing, damps
1. To make damp or moist; moisten.
2. To suppress or extinguish (a fire) by reducing or cutting off air.
3. To restrain or check; discourage: news that damped our enthusiasm.
4. Music To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.
5. Physics To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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