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Noun dampening has 1 sense
- moistening, dampening - the act of making something slightly wet
--1 is a kind of wetting
--1 has particulars: basting
Verb dampen has 7 senses
- stifle, dampen - smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
--1 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
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- moisten, wash, dampen - make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
--2 is one way to wet
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- muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down - deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
--3 is one way to soften
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- dampen - reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
--4 is one way to weaken
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- dampen, deaden, damp - make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
--5 is one way to dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
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- dampen - check; keep in check (a fire)
--6 is one way to check, retard, delay
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- dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break - lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
--7 is one way to deaden, blunt
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