Meaning of damp | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of damage-associated molecular pattern.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
2. Moisture; humidity; dampness.
   countable, uncountable
3. A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
4. To be affected by damping off.
5. Acronym of deficits in attention, motor control and perception.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
6. A surname from German.
7. Fog; fogginess; vapor.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
8. Slightly wet:dank, moist.
9. A surname from English.
10. Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
11. slightly wet. This towel is still damp. klam رَطْب влажен úmido vlhký feucht fugtig ελαφρά υγρός húmedo niiske مرطوب؛ نمناک kostea humideלח नम, गीला vlažan nyirkos lembab rakur umido 湿っぽい 축축한 drėgnas mitrs; drēgns lembap vochtigfuktig, klamwilgotny لوندوالى، لنديل، لوند húmido umed влажный vlhký vlažen vlažan fuktig ชื้น nemli, rutubetli 微濕的 вогкий, вологий سیلا ہوا، نم ẩm ướt 潮湿的
12. A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
    archaic, countable, historical, uncountable
13. slight wetness, especially in the air. The walls were brown with (the) damp. vogtigheid, klamheid رُطوبَه влага umidade vlhkost die Feuchtigkeit fugt υγρασίαhumedad rõskus رطوبت kosteus humiditéלח नमी vlaga nyirkosság kelembaban raki umidità 湿気 습기 drėgmė mitrums; drēgnums kelembapan vochtigheidfuktighetwilgoć لندیدل humidade umiditate влажность vlhkosť vlaga vlaga fukt ความชื้น nem, rutubet 濕氣 вогкість, вологість نمی، خاص طور سے ماحول میں tình trạng ẩm ướt 湿气
    especially
14. slight wetness. vogtigheid, klammigheid رُطوبَه влага umidade vlhkost die Feuchtigkeit fugt; fugtighed νότισμα, υγρασίαhumedad niiskus نم؛ رطوبت kosteus humiditéלחות नमी vlažnost nyirkosság kelembaban raki umidità 湿気 습함 drėgnumas mitrums; drēgnums kelembapan vochtigheidfuktighetwilgoć لوندول humidade umezeală влажность vlhkosť vlažnost vlaga fuktighet ความชื้น nemlilik, rutubetlilik 潮濕 сирість نمی، سیلن sự ẩm ướt 潮湿
15. húmedo-a.
16. Slightly wet: a damp sponge.
17. Humid: damp air.
18. Archaic Dejected; depressed.
    Archaic
19. Moisture in the air; humidity: Come in out of the damp.

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Examples

“Ere twice in murk and occidental damp / Moist Hesperus hath quench’d his sleepy lamp,”

“What means this chilling damp that clings around me! / Why do I tremble thus!”

“Unceasing, soaking rain was falling; the very lamps seemed obscured by the damp upon the glass, and their light reached but to a little distance from the posts.”

“But what was worse, damp now began to make its way into every house—damp, which is the most insidious of all enemies, for while the sun can be shut out by blinds, and the frost roasted by a hot fire, damp steals in while we sleep; damp is silent, imperceptible, ubiquitous.”

“We sometimes kept our Wellingtons on the whole day, leaving trails of mud and damp through the rooms.”

“Night […] with black air / Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.”

“Her chilling finger on my head, With coldest touch congealed my soul— Cold as the finger of the dead, Or damps which round a tombstone roll—”

“Summer was ending: in the daytime singing insects hung in every sunbeam; vegetation was heavy nightly with globes of dew; and after showers creeping damps and twilight chills came up from the hollows.”

“Ev’n now, while thus I stand blest in thy Presence, / A secret Damp of Grief comes o’er my Thoughts,”

“1728, George Carleton (attributed to Daniel Defoe), The Memoirs of an English Officer, London: E. Symon, p. 72, But though the War was proclaim’d, and Preparations accordingly made for it, the Expectations from all receiv’d a sudden Damp, by the as sudden Death of King William.”

“It is in this ſpirit that ſome have looked upon thoſe accidents, that caſt an occaſional damp upon trade.”

“No sentiment of shame gave a damp to her triumph.”

“[…] Mrs. Gummidge […], I am sorry to relate, cast a damp upon the festive character of our departure, by immediately bursting into tears […]”

“1866, James David Forbes, letter to A. Wills dated 2 January, 1866, in Life and Letters of James David Forbes, London: Macmaillan, 1873, p. 429, […] I was concerned to hear from your brother that Mrs. Wills’ health had prevented her accompanying you to Sixt as usual. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion […]”

“There are sulphurous Vapours which infect the Vegetables, and render the Grass unwholsom to the Cattle that feed upon it: Miners are often hurt by these Steams. Observations made in some of the Mines in Derbyshire, describe four sorts of those Damps.”

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