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English

Pronunciation
d�mp, /dæmp/, /d{mp/
audio|en-us-damp.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes:English:-æmp|Rhymes: -æmp

Etymology
Akin to Low German, Dutch, and Danish damp vapor, steam, fog, German Dampf, Icelandic dampi, Swedish damb dust, and to Modern New German dimpfen to smoke, imperative dampf. Also Old English dampen to choke, suffocate.

Adjective
en-adj|damper|dampest

1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

#:*O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear - Dryden

1. obsolete Pertaining to or affected by noxious vapours; dejected, stupified.

#:*1667, All these and more came flocking; but with looks / Down cast and damp - John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 522-3

Translations
trans-top|Being in a state between dry and wet
Finnish: t+|fi|kostea
French: t+|fr|humide, t+|fr|moite, t-|fr|mouillé|m, t-|fr|mouillée|f
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Japanese: 湿���(�����, shimeppoi)
German: t+|de|feucht
Portuguese: t|pt|húmido|m
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trans-top|Dejected
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ttbc|Bulgarian: влажен, м�глив
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Derived terms
dampen
dampness

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. archaic|uncountable Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

#:Quotations
#:*Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. - Milton

1. archaic Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

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#:*Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. - Addison
#:*It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. - J. D. Forbes

1. archaic|mining A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.

Translations
trans-top|Moisture
Finnish: t|fi|kosteus
Icelandic: t-|is|raki|m
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Portuguese: t|pt|humidade|f
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trans-top|Dejection
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trans-top|A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc
Finnish: t|fi|kaivoskaasu
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Derived terms
chokedamp
damp sheet
firedamp

Verb
en-verb transitive

1. archaic To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth.
2. 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.
3. archaic To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).

#:Quotations
#:*To damp your tender hopes - Akenside
#:*Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug - Bacon
#:*How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! - Sir J. Lubbock
#:*The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. - Macaulay

Translations
trans-top|To render damp
Finnish: kostuttaa
French: t+|fr|mouiller
German: anfeuchten, befeuchten
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Swedish: fukta
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trans-top|To put out, as fire
Finnish: sammuttaa, tukahduttaa
ttbc|German: ersticken, dämpfen
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trans-top|To suppress vibrations or oscillations
Finnish: t-|fi|vaimentaa
French: t-|fr|amortir
German: dämpfen
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Swedish: dämpa
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ttbc|German: dampf, dimpfen
ttbc|German: ersticken, dämpfen (2)
ttbc|Old English: dampen
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Dutch

Noun
damp m

1. vapour, vapor

Swedish

Verb
damp

1. preterit active of dimpa

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