ALL meanings of damp
damp
D d - adjective damp Something that is damp is slightly wet. 3
- uncountable noun damp Damp is moisture that is found on the inside walls of a house or in the air. 3
- verb damp If you damp something, you make it slightly wet. 3
- adjective damp slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc 3
- abbreviation DAMP dejected 3
- noun damp slight wetness; moisture; humidity 3
- noun damp rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine 3
- noun damp a discouragement; damper 3
- abbreviation DAMP dejection 3
- verb damp to make slightly wet 3
- verb damp to stifle or deaden 3
- verb damp to reduce the flow of air to (a fire) to make it burn more slowly or to extinguish it 3
- verb damp to reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or wave) 3
- verb damp to muffle (the sound of an instrument) 3
- noun damp a slight wetness; moisture 3
- noun damp a harmful gas sometimes found in mines; firedamp; blackdamp 3
- noun damp a dejected or depressed state 3
- adjective damp somewhat moist or wet; humid 3
- adjective damp dejected; depressed 3
- verb transitive damp to make damp; moisten 3
- verb transitive damp to slow the combustion of (a fire) by cutting off most of the air supply; bank 3
- verb transitive damp to check or reduce (energy or action) 3
- verb transitive damp to check or deaden the vibration of (a piano string, drum membrane, etc.) 3
- verb transitive damp to reduce the amplitude of (oscillations, waves, etc.) 3
- adjective damp slightly wet 1
- noun damp moisture 1
- transitive verb damp music: stop, muffle 1
- abbreviation DAMP damper 1
- noun plural damp mining: gases 1
- transitive verb damp make slightly wet 1
- transitive verb damp lessen: enthusiasm, spirits 1
- noun damp Moisture diffused through the air or a solid substance or condensed on a surface, typically with detrimental or unpleasant effects. 1
- adjective damp slightly wet; moist: damp weather; a damp towel. 1
- adjective damp unenthusiastic; dejected; depressed: The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception. 1
- noun damp moisture; humidity; moist air: damp that goes through your warmest clothes. 1
- noun damp a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, especially in a mine. 1
- noun damp depression of spirits; dejection. 1
- noun damp a restraining or discouraging force or factor. 1
- verb with object damp to make damp; moisten. 1
- verb with object damp to check or retard the energy, action, etc., of; deaden; dampen: A series of failures damped her enthusiasm. 1
- verb with object damp to stifle or suffocate; extinguish: to damp a furnace. 1
- verb with object damp Acoustics, Music. to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden. 1
- verb with object damp Physics. to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves). 1
- noun damp Moisture; humidity; dampness. 0
- noun damp (archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor. 0
- noun damp (archaic) Dejection or depression. 0
- noun damp (archaic or historical, mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc. 0
- verb damp (Transitive Verb) (archaic) To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth. 0
- verb damp (Transitive Verb) (archaic) 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. 0
- verb damp (Transitive Verb) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy). 0