damp /damp/ noun- Vapour, mist
- Moisture
- Moist air
- (in mines, etc) any gas other than air
- Lowness of spirits (archaic)
- A gloom
- Discouragement
transitive verb- To wet slightly
- To discourage
- To check
- To make dull
- To slow down the rate of burning (of a fire) (often with down; see also damp down below)
- To diminish the amplitude of (physics)
adjective- Moist
- Foggy
- Unenthusiastic (informal)
ORIGIN: ME dampen; related to Du damp, and Ger Dampf vapour dampˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb - To make or become damp or moist
- To stifle (figurative)
dampˈer noun - Someone who or something that damps
- A depressive influence
- A door or shutter for shutting off or regulating a draught
- A device for diminishing the amplitude of vibrations (physics)
- A mute (music)
- (in a piano or harpsichord, etc) the pad that silences a note after it has been played
- A kind of unleavened bread (orig Aust)
- A cake of this
dampˈing noun - Reduction in vibration through the dissipation of energy (physics)
- Diminution in sharpness of resonance through the introduction of resistance (electronics)
dampˈish adjective dampˈishness noun dampˈly adverb dampˈness noun dampˈy adjective (archaic and poetic) Damp dampˈ-course noun A layer of moisture-proof material in a masonry wall dampˈing-offˈ noun A disease of seedlings caused by Pythium or other fungus in an excess of moisture dampˈ-proof adjective Impervious to moisture transitive verb To make (eg a wall) damp-proof damp-proof course noun A damp-course damp squib noun Something that fails to go off with the expected bang (lit and figurative) damp down To close down a furnace, etc (dampˈing-downˈ noun) put a damper on To inhibit or subdue date1 /dāt/ noun- A statement of time, or time and place, of writing, sending or executing (on a letter, book, document, etc)
- A particular day of the month
- The time of an event
- Duration, or end, of existence (archaic)
- Term of life
- Death-day, doom (with pun on debt; Spenser)
- An appointment or engagement (informal)
- A person one goes out on a date with
transitive verb- To affix a date to
- To ascertain the date of
- To suggest the date of
- To make an appointment with (informal)
- To go out with (a (potential) romantic or sexual partner), esp regularly (informal)
intransitive verb- To have begun (at a specified time)
- To be typical of a particular time
- To become old-fashioned
- To go out with a (potential) romantic or sexual partner, esp regularly (informal)
ORIGIN: OFr date, from L datum given dātˈable or dātˈeable adjective dātˈal adjective datˈed adjective Old-fashioned, out of date dateˈless adjective - Without date or fixed limit
- Unlikely to become old-fashioned
- Free from engagements
dātˈer noun dātˈing noun and adjective date coding noun Marking in code on the container a date after which food should not be used date line noun Short for International Date Line (qv) dateˈline noun A line giving the date and location (as on a newspaper) date night noun An evening on which a couple with children arrange to go out together without them date rape noun Rape committed by a person with whom the victim has gone out on a date dateˈ-stamp noun - A device for stamping the date on documents, etc
- The impression made by this
transitive verb To mark with a date-stamp dating agency noun An agency that aims to introduce clients seeking personal relationships out of date see under out to date Until now up to date - Aware of and following modern trends
- Having the latest knowledge and information, etc
- Adapted or corrected to the present time
- Modern
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