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Definizione monolingua


damp


Verb

damp (third-person singular simple present damps, present participle damping, simple past and past participle damped) (transitive)


  1. (archaic) To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth.
  2. (archaic) 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.
  3. To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
    • To damp your tender hopes - Mark Akenside
    • Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug - Francis Bacon
    • How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! - Sir John Lubbock
    • The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. - Thomas Babington Macaulay
    • Hollow rollers damp vibration. - [1]
Noun

damp (countable and uncountable; plural damps)


  1. Moisture; humidity; dampness.
  2. (archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
    • Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. - John Milton
  3. (archaic) Dejection or depression.
    • Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes oer my soul. - Joseph Addison
    • It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. - James David Forbes
  4. (archaic, mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
Adjective

damp (comparative damper, superlative dampest)


  1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
    • Oerspread with a damp sweat and holy fear - John Dryden
    The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
    The paint is still damp, so please dont touch it.
  2. (obsolete) Pertaining to or affected by noxious vapours; dejected, stupified.
    • 1667, All these and more came flocking; but with looks / Down cast and damp - John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 522-3

Definizione dizionario damp


umido
  Being in a state between dry and wet
smorzare
  To put out, as fire
  To suppress vibrations or oscillations
umidità
  Being in a state between dry and wet
  Moisture
grisù
  A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc
inumidire
  To render damp
rallentare
  To put out, as fire
soffocare
  To put out, as fire
ammortizzare
bagnare
bagnato
estinguere
raffreddare
raffreddarsi

Altri significati:
  (archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
  Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
  (archaic) To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth.
  (archaic) 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.
  Moisture; humidity; dampness.
  (archaic, mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
  (obsolete) Pertaining to or affected by noxious vapours; dejected, stupified.
  (archaic) Dejection or depression.
  To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).

Traduzione damp


umido ,smorzare ,umidità ,grisù ,inumidire

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