Definitions for damp
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. damp, dampness, moistnessadjective

   a slight wetness

2. damp, dampish, moistverb

   slightly wet

   "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears"

3. muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone downverb

   deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

4. dampverb

   restrain or discourage

   "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere"

5. dampen, deaden, dampverb

   make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

   "muffle the message"

6. dampen, damp, soften, weaken, breakverb

   lessen in force or effect

   "soften a shock"; "break a fall"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dampnoun

   Moisture; humidity; dampness.

2. dampnoun

   Fog; fogginess; vapor.

3. dampnoun

   Dejection or depression.

4. dampnoun

   A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.

5. dampverb

   To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth.

6. dampverb

   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.

7. dampverb

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

8. dampadjective

   Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.

9. dampadjective

   Pertaining to or affected by noxious vapours; dejected, stupified.

10. Etymology: Akin to Low German damp, Dutch damp, and Danish damp, German Dampf, Icelandic dampi, Swedish damm, and to German dampf imperative of dimpfen. Also Old English dampen.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dampadjective

   Etymology: dampe, Dutch.

   1. Moist; inclining to wet; not completely dry; foggy.

   She said no more: the trembling Trojans hear,
   O’erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. Dejected; sunk; depressed.

   All these and more came flocking, but with looks
   Downcast and damp; yet such wherein appear’d
   Obscure some glimpse of joy. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. l.

2. A DAMPnoun

   1. Fog; moist air; moisture.

   Thus Adam to himself lamented loud,
   Through the still night; not now, as ere man fell,
   Wholsom and cool, and mild; but with black air
   Accompany’d, with damps and dreadful gloom. John Milton, P. L.

   A rift there was, which from the mountain’s height
   Convey’d a glimmering and malignant light,
   A breathing-place to draw the damps away,
   A twilight of an intercepted day. John Dryden, Fables.

   2. A noxious vapour exhaled from the earth.

   The heat of the sun in the hotter seasons, penetrating the exterior parts of the earth, excites those mineral exhalations in subterraneous caverns, which are called damps: these seldom happen but in the summer-time, when the hotter the weather is, the more frequent are the damps. John Woodward.

   3. Dejection; depression of spirit; cloud of the mind.

   Adam, by this from the cold sudden damp
   Recov’ring, and his scatter’d spirits return’d,
   To Michael thus his humble words address’d. John Milton, P. Lost.

   His name struck ev’ry where so great a damp,
   As Archimedes through the Roman camp. Wentworth Dillon.

   Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence,
   A secret damp of grief comes o’er my thoughts. Joseph Addison, Cato.

   An eternal state, he knows and confesses that he has made no provision for, that he is undone for ever: a prospect which is enough to cast a damp over his sprightliest hours. John Rogers, Sermon 19.

   This commendable resentment against me, strikes a damp upon that spirit in all ranks and corporations of men. Jonathan Swift.

3. To Dampverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To wet; to moisten; to make humid.2. To depress; to deject; to chill.

   The very loss of one pleasure is enough to damp the relish of another. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 38.

   Dread of death hangs over the mere natural man, and, like the hand-writing on the wall, damps all his jollity. Francis Atterbury.

   It would be enough to damp their warmth in such pursuits, if they could once reflect, that in such course they will be sure to run upon the very rock they mean to avoid. Jonathan Swift.

   3. To weaken; to abandon.

   A soft body dampeth the sound much more than a hard. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 158.

   Unless an age too late, or cold
   Climate, or years, damp my intended wing
   Depress’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. damp

   Damp refers to a state or condition characterized by the presence of moisture, humidity, wetness, or slight and often unpleasant moisture. It can also refer to the act of lessening, diminishing, or reducing aspects such as vibrancy, energy, or enthusiasm.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dampnoun

   moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor

2. Dampnoun

   dejection; depression; cloud of the mind

3. Dampnoun

   a gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc

4. Damp

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

5. Damp

   dejected; depressed; sunk

6. Dampnoun

   to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth

7. Dampnoun

   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

8. Etymology: [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See Damp, n.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Damp

   damp, n. vapour, mist: moist air: lowness of spirits: (pl.) dangerous vapours in mines, &c.—v.t. to wet slightly: to chill: to discourage: to check: to make dull.—adj. moist, foggy: sometimes in the form Damp′y.—v.t. and v.i. Damp′en, to make or become damp or moist.—n. Damp′er, that which checks or moderates: a mechanical appliance for reducing currents, musical vibration, &c.: (Australia) a kind of unfermented bread.—adj. Damp′ish, somewhat damp.—n. Damp′ishness.—adv. Damp′ly.—n. Damp′ness.—Damping off (hort.), the death of plants from excess of moisture. [M. E. dampen; akin to Dut. damp, Ger. dampf, vapour.]

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1. DAMP

   What does DAMP stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DAMP acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DAMP

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Damp is ranked #82044 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Damp surname appeared 230 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Damp.
   
   93.4% or 215 total occurrences were White.
   3% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'damp' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4838

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'damp' in Adjectives Frequency: #654

Anagrams for damp »

1. M.D. Pa.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of damp in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of damp in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of damp in a Sentence

1. Wendell Porter:

   The amount of energy they can absorb from your body that night, they will be warm in just a matter of minutes, and then you'd have damp stuff that would mold your mattress. So you definitely don't want to do that.

2. Joseph Addison:

   Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.

3. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   Grief, after all, is like smoking in a damp country — what was at first a necessity becomes afterwards an indulgence.

4. Alabama Republican:

   Well, I got in this pocket... damp wet wipes. I am supposed to go ahead at every doorknob, everything else... no touching. They are always telling me do not touch my face. That is really hard, i have certain gestures I have had all my life... now I am sitting there like this.

5. Pete Cunningham:

   If I want to buy a new house then I can go around and I can check to see whether there is damp patches around or whether the current owners have painted over and tried to hide any issues with leaks or damp patches, so that's another great example, also silly things like I'm going into the bakers and getting the freshest bread, you can point the phone up and identify where the freshest bread is. Or I let my dog out in the evening and it's pitch black, so now I can find my dog without having to chase around and rummage in bushes.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=damp
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Damp
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=damp
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damp
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=damp
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html