DAMP


Meaning of DAMP in English

I.

noun ( BrE )

ADJECTIVE

▪ penetrating , rising

VERB + DAMP

▪ have , suffer from

The house had woodworm and rising ~.

▪ check for , look for

▪ find

The surveyor found ~ in the kitchen.

II.

adj.

VERBS

▪ be , feel , look , smell

The room smelled ~.

▪ become , get

▪ make sth

The rain had made the walls ~.

ADVERB

▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.

▪ a little , slightly , etc.

Our clothes got a little ~.

▪ still

Damp is used with these nouns: ↑ air , ↑ basement , ↑ brow , ↑ cave , ↑ cellar , ↑ chill , ↑ clay , ↑ climate , ↑ cloth , ↑ curl , ↑ earth , ↑ flannel , ↑ gloom , ↑ grass , ↑ ground , ↑ hollow , ↑ patch , ↑ rag , ↑ sand , ↑ smell , ↑ soil , ↑ sponge , ↑ towel , ↑ washcloth , ↑ weather

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