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damp
[ damp ]
adjective
- slightly wet; moist:
damp weather;
a damp towel.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- unenthusiastic; halfhearted; tepid:
The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
I went shopping to lift my damp spirits.
noun
- moisture; humidity; moist air:
damp that goes through your warmest clothes.
Synonyms: ,
- a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, especially in a mine.
- depression of spirits; dejection.
- a restraining or discouraging force or factor.
verb (used with object)
- to make damp; moisten.
Synonyms:
A series of failures damped her enthusiasm.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- to stifle or suffocate; extinguish:
to damp a furnace.
- Acoustics, Music. to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden.
- Physics. to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves).
verb phrase
- Plant Pathology. to undergo damping-off.
damp
/ »åæ³¾±è /
adjective
- slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
- archaic.dejected
noun
- slight wetness; moisture; humidity
- rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine See also firedamp
- a discouragement; damper
- archaic.dejection
verb
- to make slightly wet
- often foll by down to stifle or deaden
to damp one's ardour
- often foll by down to reduce the flow of air to (a fire) to make it burn more slowly or to extinguish it
- physics to reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or wave)
- music to muffle (the sound of an instrument)
Derived Forms
- ˈ»å²¹³¾±è²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
- ˈ»å²¹³¾±è±ô²â, adverb
- ˈ»å²¹³¾±è¾±²õ³ó, adjective
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- »å²¹³¾±èi²õ³ó·ly adverb
- »å²¹³¾±èi²õ³ó·ness noun
- »å²¹³¾±èl²â adverb
- »å²¹³¾±èn±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of damp1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of damp1
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Example Sentences
The inquiry heard evidence of "egregious hazards" to children, including serious damp, mould, and mice infestations, and families living in temporary housing for years.
It was grotty and a foul damp smell hit me in the face and did not go when I opened the windows.
New measures are being introduced in Scotland to make it easier for social housing tenants to have damp and mould in their homes fixed.
"By delaying the introduction of the Heat in Buildings Bill further all the government is doing is condemning the poorest in our society to increasingly high fossil fuel costs and damp, unhealthy homes."
She was kneeling in the damp sand, crying and on her mobile phone.
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