Found 4 items, similar to Damp.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: damp
lembab
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: damp
anyep, basah, kuyup, lembab, lengas, membasahi, membasahkuyupi
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: damp
damp
adj : slightly wet;
“clothes damp with perspiration”;
“a moist
breeze”;
“eyes moist with tears” [syn:
dampish,
moist]
damp
n : a slight wetness [syn:
dampness,
moistness]
damp
v 1: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn:
muffle,
mute,
dull,
dampen,
tone down]
2: restrain or discourage;
“the sudden bad news damped the
joyous atmosphere”
3: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
“muffle the message” [syn:
dampen,
deaden]
4: lessen in force or effect;
“soften a shock”;
“break a fall”
[syn:
dampen,
soften,
weaken,
break]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Damp
Damp
\Damp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Damped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Damping.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See
Damp, n.]
1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately
wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
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2. 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.
“To damp your tender
hopes.” --Akenside.
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Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements,
and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring
if it were not for this slug. --Bacon.
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How many a day has been damped and darkened by an
angry word! --Sir J.
Lubbock.
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The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of
the soldiers. --Macaulay.
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Damp
\Damp\ (d[a^]mp), a. [Compar.
Damper; superl.
Dampest.]
1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet;
moist; humid.
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O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
--Dryden.
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2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]
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All these and more came flocking, but with looks
Downcast and damp. --Milton.
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Damp
\Damp\ (d[a^]mp), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor,
steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG.
dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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Night . . . with black air
Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.
--Milton.
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2. 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.
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It must have thrown a damp over your autumn
excursion. --J. D.
Forbes.
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3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old
wells, pints, etc.
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Choke damp, a damp consisting principally of carbonic acid
gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal
life. See
Carbonic acid, under
Carbonic.
Damp sheet, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air
currents and prevent accumulation of gas.
Fire damp, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted
hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when
mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with
flame.
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