damp
damp
Definition
damp (damp)
noun
- a slight wetness; moisture
- a harmful gas sometimes found in mines; firedamp; blackdamp
- Archaic a dejected or depressed state
Etymology: MDu, vapor, steam, akin to OHG, MHG, Ger dampf < IE base *dhem-, to smoke, mist > dank
adjective
- somewhat moist or wet; humid
- dejected; depressed
transitive verb
- to make damp; moisten
- to slow the combustion of (a fire) by cutting off most of the air supply; bank: usually with down
- to check or reduce (energy or action)
- to check or deaden the vibration of (a piano string, drum membrane, etc.)
- to reduce the amplitude of (oscillations, waves, etc.)
damp off
to wither and die because of mildew, as seedlings, plant shoots, etc.
damp
Synonyms
damp
modif.
damp
Usage Examples
Object
- sinusoid: The damped sinusoid causes the filterbank output to decay more slowly.
- oscillation: The stations show trend behavior that is close to the behavior of a theoretical model of damped harmonic oscillation.
- vibration: Gel EVA heel damps vibration and gives you extra cush for big landings.
- oscillator: At M 4, the system is a damped oscillator, at M 4, the oscillations continue into infinity.
- coefficient: However, this technique requires knowledge of 8 parameters, including the instrument damping coefficient.
- ratio: The larger the damping ratio of a structure, the quicker the decay of its free vibration.
Converse of object
- rise: How many months go by without the film versions of Up Pompeii or Bless This House or Rising Damp being aired?
Preposition: as
- preload: Like all top racing forks, the Öhlins allows precision adjustment of compression and rebound damping as well as spring preload.
Modifying Another Word
- slightly: The seat of my pants, slightly damp from the water fetching episode, had frozen to its surface.
Modifies a noun
- squib: However the final half hour of the match passed by without any great incident, a damp squib ahead of Bonfire Night.
- cloth: A fire blanket or damp cloth should be used on a fat pan fire.
- grassland: There are also damp grasslands adjacent to the River Bush in the north.
- towel: Unroll the remaining filo pastry sheets, keeping them under a damp towel to prevent them from drying out.
- sponge: Use a coarse damp sponge to gently ease the cleaning fluid across the whole area.
- membrane: The easy to apply 2 coat damp proof membrane, ARDEX DPM, was applied to the prepared concrete base.
Used with adjective complement
- rise: We rent out a cottage which is over a hundred years old which has a mild case of rising damp in the rear walls.
Followed by a transitive particle
- down: Flooring felt is laid edge to edge to damp down step noise.
Particle object:
- inflammation: Isotretinoin has a triple action -- reducing sebum produced, inhibiting P. acnes growth and damping down inflammation.
Present participle complement
Browse dictionary entries near damp
- damozel
- damosel
- Damon and Pythias
- damoiselle
- Damocles
- damning
- damnifying
- damnify
- damnified
- damned
- damp-dried
- damp-dry
- damp-drying
- damp off
- dampen
- dampener
- damper
- Dampier
- damping-off
- dampish
