DAMP


Meaning of DAMP in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dæmp ]

( damper, dampest, damps, damping, damped)

1.

Something that is damp is slightly wet.

Her hair was still damp...

She wiped the table with a damp cloth.

= moist

ADJ

2.

Damp is moisture that is found on the inside walls of a house or in the air.

There was damp everywhere and the entire building was in need of rewiring.

N-UNCOUNT

see also rising damp

3.

If you damp something, you make it slightly wet.

Hillsden damped a hand towel and laid it across her forehead.

= dampen

VERB : V n

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