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damp

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Adjective

  1. In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
  2. Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
  3. Permitting the possession of alcoholic beverages, but not their sale.

Noun

  1. Moisture; humidity; dampness.
  2. Fog; fogginess; vapor.
  3. Dejection or depression; something that spoils a positive emotion (such as enjoyment, satisfaction, expectation or courage) or a desired activity.
  4. A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
  5. Initialism of damage-associated molecular pattern.
  6. Acronym of deficits in attention, motor control and perception.

Verb

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

Proper noun

  1. A municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
  2. A surname from German.
  3. A surname from English.

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