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1. (adj) damp, dampness, moistness
a slight wetness

2. (verb) damp, dampish, moist
slightly wet
"clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"

3. (verb) muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

4. (verb) damp
restrain or discourage
"the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"

5. (verb) dampen, deaden, damp
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
"muffle the message"

6. (verb) dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
lessen in force or effect
"soften a shock"; "break a fall"

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Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (noun) Damp
moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor

2. (noun) Damp
dejection; depression; cloud of the mind

3. (noun) Damp
a gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc

4. (noun) Damp
to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth

5. (noun) Damp
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

6. Damp
being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid

7. Damp
dejected; depressed; sunk

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