- slightly wet; moist: damp weather;a damp towel.
- unenthusiastic; halfhearted; tepid: The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception.
- dejected; depressed: I went shopping to lift my damp spirits.
- moisture; humidity; moist air: damp that goes through your warmest clothes.
- a noxious or stifling vapor or gas, especially in a mine.
- depression of spirits; dejection.
- a restraining or discouraging force or factor.
- to make damp; moisten.
- to check or retard the energy, action, etc., of; deaden; dampen: A series of failures damped her enthusiasm.
- to stifle or suffocate; extinguish: to damp a furnace.
- to check or retard the action of (a vibrating string); dull; deaden.
- to cause a decrease in amplitude of (successive oscillations or waves).
- to undergo damping-off.
- slightly wet, as from dew, steam, etc
- dejected
- slight wetness; moisture; humidity
- rank air or poisonous gas, esp in a mine
- a discouragement; damper
- dejection
- to make slightly wet
- to stifle or deaden
- to reduce the flow of air to (a fire) to make it burn more slowly or to extinguish it
- to reduce the amplitude of (an oscillation or wave)
- to muffle (the sound of an instrument)
