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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! --Sir J. Lubbock. [1913 Webster] The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), a. [Compar. Damper; superl. Dampest.] 1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. [1913 Webster] O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] [1913 Webster] All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. [1913 Webster] Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. --Addison. [1913 Webster] It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. --J. D. Forbes. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]