Damp
English Meaning
Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
- Slightly wet. See Synonyms at wet.
- Archaic Dejected.
- Moisture in the air; humidity.
- Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines.
- Lowness of spirits; depression.
- A restraint or check; a discouragement.
- To make damp or moist; moisten.
- To extinguish (a fire, for example) by cutting off air.
- To restrain or check; discourage.
- Music To slow or stop the vibrations of (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with a damper.
- Physics To decrease the amplitude of (an oscillating system).
- damp off Botany To be affected by damping off.
