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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
dampen
v 1: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn:
stifle, dampen] [ant: excite, stimulate]
2: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: moisten,
wash, dampen]
3: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn:
muffle, mute, dull, damp, dampen, tone down]
4: reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
5: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
"muffle the message" [syn: dampen, deaden, damp]
6: check; keep in check (a fire)
7: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
[syn: dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dampen \Damp"en\ (d[a^]mp"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. dampened
(d[a^]mp"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. dampening.]
1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
[1913 Webster]
2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
[1913 Webster]
In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
--The Century.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Dampen \Damp"en\, v. i.
To become damp; to deaden. --Byron.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for dampen:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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