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Adjective damp has 1 sense
- damp, dampish, moist - slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"
Antonym: dry (indirect, via wet)
Noun damp has 1 sense
- damp, dampness, moistness - a slight wetness
--1 is a kind of wetness
--1 has particulars: dankness, clamminess
Verb damp has 4 senses
- muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
--1 is one way to soften
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- damp - restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"
--2 is one way to control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
- dampen, deaden, damp - make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
--3 is one way to dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break - lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
--4 is one way to deaden, blunt
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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