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   damp

   /damp/

   adjective

   • 1. slightly wet: "her hair was still damp from the shower"

   noun

   • 1. moisture diffused through the air or a solid substance or condensed on a surface, typically with detrimental or unpleasant effects: "the house reeked of mould and damp"
   • ▪ short for firedamp
   • ▪ damp air or atmosphere: archaic "the damps of the valley"
   • 2. a discouragement or check: archaic "shame gave a damp to her triumph"

   verb

   • 1. make (something) slightly wet: "damp a small area with water"
   • 2. make a fire burn less strongly by reducing the flow of air to it: "he damped down the fire for the night"
   • ▪ control or restrain a feeling or a situation: "she tried to damp down her feelings of despair"
   • 3. reduce or stop the vibration of (the strings of a piano or other musical instrument) so as to reduce the volume of sound: "the muted notes should be produced by damping the strings at the seventh position"
   • ▪ progressively reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or vibration): "concrete structures damp out any vibrations"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the noun sense ‘noxious inhalation’): of West Germanic origin; related to a Middle Low German word meaning ‘vapour, steam, smoke’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dampish adjective
   • 2. damply adverb

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   What is a synonym for damp?

   • Some common synonyms of damp are dank, humid, moist, and wet. While all these words mean "covered or more or less soaked with liquid," damp implies a slight or moderate absorption and often connotes an unpleasant degree of moisture. When would dank be a good substitute for damp? In some situations, the words dank and damp are roughly equivalent.

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   What is the difference between wet and damp?

   • wet usually implies saturation but may suggest a covering of a surface with water or something (such as paint) not yet dry. damp implies a slight or moderate absorption and often connotes an unpleasant degree of moisture. dank implies a more distinctly disagreeable or unwholesome dampness. moist applies to what is slightly damp or not felt as dry.

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   What is the difference between humid and damp?

   • 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.

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   How do you make a garden a damp place?

   • First of all, wrap a portion of damp newspaper round the roots, and then tie up with dry paper. Dense fogs always prevail, and generally make the country very damp. A damp mist rose from the river and the marshy ground about, and spread itself over the dreary fields. Damp definition: slightly wet; moist.

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