Definition of damp

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Damp (n.) 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..

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Clammy :: Clammy (Compar.) Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration..
Dank :: Dank (a.) Damp; moist; humid; wet.
Dampy :: Dampy (a.) Somewhat damp.
Dampish :: Dampish (a.) Moderately damp or moist.
Moisten :: Moisten (v. t.) To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
Cold :: Cold (n.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh.
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach..
Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..
Harmonica :: Harmonica (n.) A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones..
Damp :: Damp (n.) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc..
Rafty :: Rafty (a.) Damp; musty.
Expire :: Expire (v. t.) To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors..
Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..
Wet :: Wet (superl.) Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season..
Dampy :: Dampy (a.) Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.
Haze :: Haze (n.) Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively, obscurity; dimness..
Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
Sordine :: Sordine (n.) See Damper, and 5th Mute..
Mould :: Mould (n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter..
Damp :: Damp (n.) 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..
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