damp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: damp	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for damp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damp adj slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" Synonym(s): damp, dampish, moist n a slight wetness Synonym(s): damp, dampness, moistness v deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn: muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down] restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere" make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message" Synonym(s): dampen, deaden, damp lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" Synonym(s): dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damp \Damp\ (d[acr]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. 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) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damp \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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. [bd]To damp your tender hopes.[b8] --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.