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damp

  [damp] adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb
Use dampish in a Sentence
–adjective
1. slightly wet; moist: damp weather; a damp towel.
2. unenthusiastic; dejected; depressed: The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
–noun
3. moisture; humidity; moist air: damp that goes through your warmest clothes.
4. a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, esp. in a mine.
5. depression of spirits; dejection.
6. a restraining or discouraging force or factor.
–verb (used with object)
7. to make damp; moisten.
8. to check or retard the energy, action, etc., of; deaden; dampen: A series of failures damped her enthusiasm.
9. to stifle or suffocate; extinguish: to damp a furnace.
10. Acoustics, Music. to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden.
11. Physics. to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves).
—Verb phrase
12. damp off, to undergo damping-off.
Origin:
1300–50; ME (in sense of def. 4); cf. MD damp, MHG dampf vapor, smoke

Related forms:
dampish, adjective
damp⋅ish⋅ly, adverb
damp⋅ish⋅ness, noun
damply, adverb
dampness, noun

Synonyms:
1. 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. dankness, dampness, fog, vapor. 7. humidify. 8. slow, inhibit, restrain, moderate, abate.

Antonyms:
1. dry.
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damp   (dāmp)   
adj.   damp·er, damp·est

  1. Slightly wet. See Synonyms at wet.

  2. Archaic Dejected.

n.  

  1. Moisture in the air; humidity.

  2. Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines.

  3. Lowness of spirits; depression.

  4. A restraint or check; a discouragement.

tr.v.   damped, damp·ing, damps

  1. To make damp or moist; moisten.

  2. To extinguish (a fire, for example) by cutting off air.

  3. To restrain or check; discourage.

  4. Music To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.

  5. Physics To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).

Phrasal Verb(s):
damp off Botany To be affected by damping off.

[Middle English, poison gas, perhaps from Middle Dutch, vapor.]
damp'ish adj., damp'ly adv., damp'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: damp
Pronunciation: 'damp
Function: noun
: a noxious or stifling gas or vapor; especially : one occurring in coal mines—usually used in plural; —see BLACK DAMP, FIREDAMP
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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