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All 4 letters words made out of damp

damp admp dmap mdap amdp madp dapm adpm dpam pdam apdm padm dmpa mdpa dpma pdma mpda pmda ampd mapd apmd pamd mpad pmad

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Definitions and meaning of damp

damp

Etymology

From Middle English dampen (“to stifle; suffocate”). Akin to Low German damp, Dutch damp, and German Dampf (“vapor, steam, fog”), Icelandic dampi, Swedish damm (“dust”), and to German dampf imperative of dimpfen (“to smoke”). Also Middle English dampen (“to extinguish, choke, suffocate”). Ultimately all descend from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dămp, IPA^(key): /dæmp/
• Rhymes: -æmp

Adjective

damp (comparative damper, superlative dampest)

1. In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
   • 25 January 2017, Leena Camadoo writing in The Guardian, Dominican banana producers at sharp end of climate change

     Once the farms have been drained and the dead plants have been cut down and cleared, farmers then have to be alert for signs of black sigatoka, a devastating fungus which flourishes in damp conditions and can destroy banana farms.

2. (figuratively) Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
   • 27 July 2016, Jane O’Faherty in The Irish Independent, Monarchs and prison officers win big on second race day

     Though Travis's 'Why does it always Rain on Me' boomed around the stands, there were few damp spirits in Galway on day two of the races.
3. Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.

Usage notes

Damp commonly is used for disagreeable conditions and moist often is used for agreeable conditions:

Synonyms

• (in a state between dry and wet): moist, thoan/thone (dialect); see also Thesaurus:wet
• (despondent): glum, melancholy, sorrowful; see also Thesaurus:sad

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See also

• Appendix:English adjectives with derived terms in -en and -ness

Noun

damp (countable and uncountable, plural damps)

1. Moisture; humidity; dampness.
2. (archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
3. (archaic) Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
   • 1728, George Carleton (attributed to Daniel Defoe), The Memoirs of an English Officer, London: E. Symon, p. 72,^[4]

     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.

   • 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,^[5]

     […] 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 […]

4. (mining, archaic or historical) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.

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Verb

damp (third-person singular simple present damps, present participle damping, simple past and past participle damped)

1. (transitive, archaic) To dampen; to make moderately wet

   Synonym: moisten

2. (transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
3. (transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).

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Translations

Anagrams

• M.D. Pa., MPDA

Danish

Etymology

From German Low German Damp (compare dampen, Dampen n), eventually from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.

Noun

damp c (singular definite dampen, plural indefinite dampe)

1. steam

Inflection

Verb

damp

1. imperative of dampe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑmp/
• Hyphenation: damp
• Rhymes: -ɑmp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch damp, from Old Dutch *damp, from Proto-Germanic *dampaz.

Noun

damp m (plural dampen, diminutive dampje n)

1. vapour (UK), vapor (US)

Derived terms

• dampbad
• dampkogel
• dampkring
• dampvormig
• gifdamp
• waterdamp
• zuurdamp
• zwaveldamp

Descendants

• Negerhollands: damp
• → Aukan: dampu
• → Papiamentu: dam, damp
• → Sranan Tongo: dampu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

damp

1. inflection of dampen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Middle English

Noun

damp

1. (when preceding labials) Alternative form of dan

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Low German Damp (compare dampen, Dampen n).

Noun

damp m (definite singular dampen, indefinite plural damper, definite plural dampene)

1. steam
2. vapour (UK), vapor (US)

Derived terms

Related terms

• dampe

Etymology 2

Verb

damp

1. imperative of dampe

References

• “damp” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Low German Damp (compare dampen, Dampen n).

Noun

damp m (definite singular dampen, indefinite plural dampar, definite plural dampane)

1. steam
2. vapour (UK), vapor (US)

Derived terms

Related terms

• dampe

References

• “damp” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• DAMP

Etymology

From "deficits in attention, motor control, and perception."

Noun

damp c

1. DAMP (a controversial psychiatric diagnosis made mainly in Sweden and Denmark, now abolished, similar to ADHD)
2. (slang, figurative, often in compounds) hyperactivity, going crazy, etc.

Derived terms

• dampa

Verb

damp

1. past indicative of dimpa

References

• damp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• damp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• damp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org