DAMP

damp, dampish, moist

(adjective) slightly wet; “clothes damp with perspiration”; “a moist breeze”; “eyes moist with tears”

damp, dampness, moistness

(noun) a slight wetness

dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break

(verb) lessen in force or effect; “soften a shock”; “break a fall”

dampen, deaden, damp

(verb) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; “muffle the message”

damp

(verb) restrain or discourage; “the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere”

muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down

(verb) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

DAMP (countable and uncountable, plural DAMPs)

(immunology) Initialism of damage-associated molecular pattern.

Initialism of deficits in attention, motor coordination and perception.

Anagrams

• M.D. Pa., MPDA

Etymology

Adjective

damp (comparative damper, superlative dampest)

In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

(figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast.

Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.

Usage notes

Damp commonly is used for disagreeable conditions and moist often is used for agreeable conditions

• damp clothes

• moist cake

• a damp compress (hot or cold)

• a moist, sweaty brow

Synonyms

• (in a state between dry and wet): moist, thoan/thone (dialect); see also wet

• (despondent): glum, melancholy, sorrowful; see also sad

Noun

damp (countable and uncountable, plural damps)

Moisture; humidity; dampness.

(archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.

(archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.

(archaic or historical, mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.

Verb

damp (third-person singular simple present damps, present participle damping, simple past and past participle damped)

(transitive, archaic) To dampen; to make moderately wet

Synonym: moisten

(transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.

(transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).

Anagrams

• M.D. Pa., MPDA

Source: Wiktionary

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Damp, n. Etym: [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. Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. Milton.

2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. 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.

3. (Mining)

Definition: A gaseous prodact, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. Choke damp, a damp consisting principally of carboniCarbonic 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.

Damp, a. [Compar. Damper; superl. Dampest.]

1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. Dryden.

2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp. Milton.

Damp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Damped; p. pr. & vb. n. Damping.] Etym: [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.

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. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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