Damp Definition
dămp
damped, dampest, damping, damps, damper
adjective
dampest, damper
Somewhat moist or wet; humid.
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Humid.
Damp air.
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Dejected; depressed.
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noun
damps
A slight wetness; moisture.
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Moisture that lies or has condensed on something.
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A harmful gas sometimes found in mines; firedamp; blackdamp.
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A dejected or depressed state.
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Lowness of spirits; depression.
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verb
damped, damping, damps
To make damp; moisten.
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To slow the combustion of (a fire) by cutting off most of the air supply; bank.
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To check or reduce (energy or action)
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To check or deaden the vibration of (a piano string, drum membrane, etc.)
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To reduce the amplitude of (oscillations, waves, etc.)
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idiom
damp off
- to wither and die because of mildew, as seedlings, plant shoots, etc.
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Damp
Origin of Damp
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Akin to Low German damp, Dutch damp, and Danish damp (“vapor, steam, fog”), German Dampf, Icelandic dampi, Swedish damm (“dust”), and to German dampf imperative of dimpfen (“to smoke”). Also Old English dampen (“to choke, suffocate”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English poison gas perhaps from Middle Dutch vapor
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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