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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024damp /dæmp/USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n., v. adj. - slightly wet;
moist:The towels were still damp.
n. [uncountable] - moisture;
humidity;
moist air:the damp of the morning.
v. - [ ~ + obj] to make damp;
moisten. - to reduce, check, or slow down the energy, action, etc., of:[~ (+ down ) + object]His loss didn't damp (down) his enjoyment of living.
- [ ~ (+ down) + obj] to extinguish:to damp (down) a furnace.
damp•ly, adv. damp•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024damp (damp),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n., v. adj. - slightly wet;
moist:damp weather; a damp towel. - unenthusiastic;
dejected;
depressed:The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
n. - moisture;
humidity;
moist air:damp that goes through your warmest clothes. - a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, esp. in a mine.
- depression of spirits;
dejection. - a restraining or discouraging force or factor.
v.t. - to make damp;
moisten. - to check or retard the energy, action, etc., of;
deaden;
dampen:A series of failures damped her enthusiasm. - to stifle or suffocate;
extinguish:to damp a furnace. - Music and Dance[Acoustics, Music.]to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string);
dull;
deaden. - Physicsto cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves).
- damp off, to undergo damping-off.
- 1300–50; Middle English (in sense of def. 4); compare Middle Dutch damp, Middle High German dampf vapor, smoke
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dank, steamy. Damp, humid, moist mean slightly wet. Damp usually implies slight and extraneous wetness, generally undesirable or unpleasant unless the result of intention:a damp cellar; to put a damp cloth on a patient's forehead.Humid is applied to unpleasant dampness in the air:The air is oppressively humid today.Moist denotes something that is slightly wet, naturally or properly:moist ground; moist leather.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dankness, dampness, fog, vapor.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged humidify.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged slow, inhibit, restrain, moderate, abate.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dry.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: damp /dæmp/ adj - slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
n - slight wetness; moisture; humidity
- rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine
- a discouragement; damper
vb (transitive)- to make slightly wet
- (often followed by down) to stifle or deaden: to damp one's ardour
- (often followed by down) to reduce the flow of air to (a fire) to make it burn more slowly or to extinguish it
- to reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or wave)
- to muffle (the sound of an instrument)
Etymology: 14th Century: from Middle Low German damp steam; related to Old High German demphen to cause to steamˈdampness n |