damp at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
[dæmp]
damp at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:
attested from 1316, probably in O.E., but no record of it. If not, probably from M.L.G. damp; ult. from P.Gmc. *dampaz. Originally "a noxious vapor;" sense of "moisture" is first attested 1706. Damper of a piano is from 1783; of a chimney, 1788; either or both of which led to various fig. senses. ///
damp at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
adj [Date: 1300-1400; Language: Middle Low German]//
1 slightly wet, often in an unpleasant way: --Wipe the leather with a damp cloth.// --a cold, damp day//
2 damp squib: BrE informal something that is intended to be exciting, effective etc, but which is disappointing// -- dampness n [U] // -- damply adv // ----------// WORD CHOICE: damp, moist, humid // Use damp especially to say that something is slightly wet in an unpleasant way : The room was cold and damp. // Use moist to say that something is slightly wet in a pleasant way or in the way it should be : She took a mouthful of the delicious moist cake. | rich, moist soil // Use humid to talk about the weather or the air when it is slightly wet and makes you feel uncomfortable : the hot humid atmosphere of a greenhouse // ----------//
damp 2 n [U] BrE water in walls or in the air that causes things to be slightly wet// --Damp had stained the walls.//
damp 3 v [T] to dampen something// damp down [damp sth → down] phr v// to make a fire burn more slowly, often by covering it with ash//
damp at Danish => English Of Explained:
, professale, beerbi
damp at Danish => English Of Explained:
in, tin canblindbrig
damp at Dutch => English Of Explained:
eninguniversally, universally k
damp at Norwegian => English Of Explained:
ycop
damp at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
357 Moby Thesaurus words for "damp":
abate, abridge, absorb the shock, acoustic tile, afterdamp, allay,
alleviate, antiknock, arrest, asperge, asphyxiate, assimilate to,
assuage, attemper, attenuate, baffle, baffler, balance,
bank the fire, beat down, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, blackdamp,
blow out, blunt, bogginess, boggy, bottle up, break the fall,
breath, cast down, censor, chasten, check, chill, choke, choke off,
chokedamp, clamminess, clammy, clamp down on, cloud, cold water,
compress, constrain, control, cool, cork, cork up, countercheck,
crack down on, cramp, crepehanger, cripple, crush, curb, curtail,
cushion, cut, cut back, cut down, dabble, dam up, damp down,
dampen, dampen the spirits, dampener, damper, dampish, dampness,
dank, darken, dash, de-emphasize, deaden, deafen, debilitate,
decrease, deduct, deflate, deflect, deject, delay, depreciate,
depress, detain, deter, determent, deterrent, devitalize, dew,
dewiness, dewy, diminish, disaffect, discourage, discouragement,
dishearten, disincline, disinterest, dispirit, distract, divert,
douche, douse, downgrade, downplay, drenched, drown, dull,
effluvium, enervate, enfeeble, equalize, equilibrize, even,
eviscerate, exhalation, exhaust, extenuate, extinguish, exudation,
fenny, fetid air, firedamp, flatten, flatus, fluid, fogginess,
fume, gag, gruel, harmonize, hinder, hold back, hold down,
hold in check, hold up, homogenize, hose, hose down, humect,
humectate, humectation, humid, humidify, humidity, humor,
hushcloth, impede, indispose, inhibit, intercept, interfere,
intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, irrigate, jump on, keep back,
keep down, keep in check, keep under, keep within bounds, kill,
killjoy, knock down, lay, lay low, lenify, lessen, level, lighten,
lower, lower the spirits, make uniform, malaria, marshiness,
marshy, meddle, mephitis, miasma, mistiness, misty, mitigate,
moderate, modulate, moist, moisten, moistiness, moistness,
moisture, muffle, muffler, muggy, mute, muzzle, neutralize,
normalize, obtund, offset, oppose, oppress, out, paddle, palliate,
pare, pessimist, play down, pour water on, press down,
puff of smoke, put down, put off, put out, quash, quell, quench,
quietener, rainfall, raininess, rainy, rattle, reduce,
reduce the temperature, reek, regularize, regulate, repel, repress,
resist, restrain, retard, retrench, roll back, roric, sadden, sap,
saturated, scale down, scotch, set back, shake, shake up, shorten,
show consideration, show mercy, show pity, showeriness,
shut down on, silence, silence cloth, silencer, simplify, sink,
sit down on, sit on, slack, slacken, slobber, slop, slosh,
slow down, smash, smoke, smooth, smother, smudge, snub, snuff,
snuff out, soaked, soaking, sober, sober down, soddenness,
soft pedal, soft-pedal, soften, soften the blow, soften up,
sogginess, soggy, soppiness, sordine, sordino,
sound-absorbing material, soundproofing, soundproofing insulation,
sourdine, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, spoilsport, sponge,
spray, sprinkle, squash, squelch, stabilize, stamp out, stanch,
standardize, steam, steamy, step down, stereotype, sticky, stifle,
stop, strangle, stultify, subdue, suffocate, suppress, swampiness,
swampy, swash, symmetrize, syringe, tacky, take from, tame, temper,
throttle, tone down, tune down, turn aside, turn away, turn from,
turn off, unbrace, undermine, underplay, undried, uniformize,
unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, vapor, volatile, water,
water vapor, wateriness, weaken, wean from, weigh heavy upon,
weigh upon, wet, wet blanket, wet down, wetness, wettish,
wettishness
damp at Danish => English Of Explained:
ochthonous marine organis
damp at Dutch => English Of Explained:
damp [dɑmp]
smoke
fume
fog, mist
steam, vapor, vapour
damp at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[V] (Moisture): moisten, wet, sponge, dampen, bedew, imbue, saturate, soak, drench saturated, soggy.
[V] (Extinguishing): extinguish, damp, slack, quench, smother, put out, stamp out, douse, snuff, snuff out, blow out.
damp at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
adjective, noun, verb
adjective (damper, dampest) slightly wet, often in a way that is unpleasant:
The cottage was cold and damp. * It feels damp in here. * damp clothes * Wipe the surface with a damp cloth.
damply adverb (rare):
The blouse clung damply to her skin.
IDIOMS
a damp squib (BrE, informal) an event that is disappointing because it is not as exciting or impressive as expected:
The celebrations were a bit of a damp squib.
noun [U] (BrE) the state of being damp; areas on a wall, etc. that are damp:
The old house smells of damp. * Those marks above the window look like damp to me.
verb [VN] (rare) = DAMPEN:
She damped a towel and wrapped it round his leg.
PHRASAL VERBS
damp down sth to make an emotion or a feeling less strong
damp sth<->down to make a fire burn more slowly or stop burning
Damp at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Damp \Damp\, a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.]
1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet;
moist; humid.
O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
--Dryden.
2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]
All these and more came flocking, but with looks
Downcast and damp. --Milton.
Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,
steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.
dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps
and dreadful gloom. --Milton.
2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
--Addison.
It must have thrown a damp over your autumn
excursion. --J. D.
Forbes.
3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old
wells, pints, etc.
{Choke damp}, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid
gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal
life. See {Carbonic acid}, under {Carbonic}.
{Damp sheet}, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air
currents and prevent accumulation of gas.
{Fire damp}, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted
hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when
mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with
flame.
Damp \Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Damped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Damping}.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See {Damp}, n.]
1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately
wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
2. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to
cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make
dull; to weaken; to discourage. ``To damp your tender
hopes.'' --Akenside.
Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements,
and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring
if it were not for this slug. --Bacon.
How many a day has been damped and darkened by an
angry word! --Sir J.
Lubbock.
The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of
the soldiers. --Macaulay.
damp at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
damp
adj : slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist
breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" [syn: {dampish}, {moist}]
damp
n : a slight wetness [syn: {dampness}, {moistness}]
damp
v 1: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: {muffle},
{mute}, {dull}, {dampen}, {tone down}]
2: restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the
joyous atmosphere"
3: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
"muffle the message" [syn: {dampen}, {deaden}]
4: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
[syn: {dampen}, {soften}, {weaken}, {break}]
damp at Sanskrit => English (Monier-Williams) Of Explained:
Damp
1[ Damp ] cl. 10. Ā. , v.l. for √ [ Dap ]
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damp at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Inter: wikipedia » dab=damp (disambiguation)|damp
Etymology
Akin to Low German Inter: term » damp|lang=osx, Dutch Inter: term » damp|lang=nl, and Danish Inter: term » damp||vapor, steam, fog|lang-da, German Inter: term » Dampf|lang=de, Icelandic Inter: term » dampi|lang=is, Swedish Inter: term » damm||dust|lang=sv, and to German Inter: term » dampf||lang=de imperative of Inter: term » dimpfen||to smoke|lang=de. Also Old English Inter: term » dampen||to choke, suffocate|lang=ang.Pronunciation
* Inter: enPR » dămp, Inter: IPA » /dæmp/, Inter: X-SAMPA » /d{mp/- Inter: audio » en-us-damp.ogg|Audio (US)
- Inter: rhymes » æmp
Adjective
Inter: en-adj » damper|dampest
Translations
Inter: trans-top » Being in a state between dry and wetInter: trans-mi » d
- Japanese: Inter: t- » ja|湿っぽい|tr=しめっぽい, shimeppoi|sc=Jpan, Inter: t+ » ja|湿る|tr=しめった, shimetta|alt=湿った|sc=Jpan
- Jèrriais: Inter: tø » roa-jer|mucre|m|f
- Polish: Inter: t+ » pl|wilgotny|m
- Portuguese: Inter: t+ » pt|úmido|m
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|влажный|tr=vlážnyj|sc=Cyrl, Inter: t+ » ru|сырой|tr=syrój|sc=Cyrl
- Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|húmedo
- Swedish: Inter: t+ » sv|fuktig
- Turkish: Inter: t- » tr|nemli, rutubetli
- ǃXóõ: Inter: tø » nmn|ǁn̥âʻm
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » Dejected
- Bulgarian: Inter: t+ » bg|унил, Inter: t+ » bg|потиснат
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Derived terms
* dampen- dampness
See also
* Category: Appendix:Word formation verb -en noun -ness -Noun
Inter: en-noun » s|-
Translations
Inter: trans-top » MoistureInter: trans-mi » d
- Jèrriais: Inter: tø » roa-jer|mucreu|f
- Portuguese: Inter: t+ » pt|umidade|f
- Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|humedad|f
- Swedish: Inter: t- » sv|fuktighet|c
- Turkish: Inter: t- » tr|nem, rutubet
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » Dejection
- Bulgarian: Inter: t+ » bg|униние|n, Inter: t+ » bg|потиснатост|f
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc
- Bulgarian: Inter: t- » bg|рудничен газ
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|kaivoskaasu
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Derived terms
* chokedamp- damp sheet
- firedamp
Verb
Inter: en-ver » b
Translations
Inter: trans-top » To render dampInter: trans-mi » d
- Italian: Inter: t- » it|inumidire
- Spanish: Inter: t- » es|humedecer
- Swedish: Inter: t+ » sv|fukta
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » To put out, as fire
- Bulgarian: Inter: t+ » bg|задушавам
- Finnish: Inter: t+ » fi|sammuttaa, Inter: t- » fi|tukahduttaa
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » To suppress vibrations or oscillations
- Bulgarian: Inter: t+ » bg|заглушавам, Inter: t+ » bg|затихвам
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|vaimentaa
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|amortir
- German: Inter: t+ » de|dämpfen
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: checktrans-to » p
- Inter: ttbc » ang: dampen
Inter: trans-botto » m
Anagrams
* M.D. Pa.Category: Category:en:Liquids -
Danish
Inter: wikipedia » lang=daNoun
Inter: da-noun » en|eInflection
Inter: da-noun-infl » en|eVerb
Inter: head » da|verb formDutch
Pronunciation
* Inter: rhymes » ɑmp|lang=nlNoun
Inter: nl-noun » m|dampen|dampjeDerived terms
* zuurdampVerb
Inter: head » nl|verb formSwedish
Verb
Inter: head » sv|verb formTranslation: ar » damp
Translation: bg » damp
Translation: cy » damp
Translation: et » damp
Translation: es » damp
Translation: eu » damp
Translation: fa » damp
Translation: fr » damp
Translation: ko » damp
Translation: io » damp
Translation: it » damp
Translation: kn » damp
Translation: ku » damp
Translation: lo » damp
Translation: li » damp
Translation: hu » damp
Translation: mg » damp
Translation: ml » damp
Translation: my » damp
Translation: nl » damp
Translation: no » damp
Translation: pl » damp
Translation: pt » damp
Category: simple:damp -
Translation: fi » damp
Translation: sv » damp
Translation: tl » damp
Translation: ta » damp
Translation: te » damp
Translation: vi » damp
Translation: zh » damp
DAMP at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Inter: abbreviatio » n
DAMPAnagrams
* M.D. Pa.Damp at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: also » damp|DAMP
Luxembourgish
Noun
Inter: lb-noun » m|DämpTranslation: io » Damp