 dampen |
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| 1. | [ verb ] smother or suppress | |
| Synonyms: | stifle | |
| Examples: | "Stifle your curiosity" |
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| Related terms: | stimulate suppress suffocate smotherer | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make moist | |
| Synonyms: | moisten wash | |
| Examples: | "The dew moistened the meadows" |
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| Related terms: | wet baste humidify wet dampener moistening | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | |
| Synonyms: | deaden damp | |
| Examples: | "muffle the message" |
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| Related terms: | damper | |
| 4. | [ verb ] quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible | |
| Synonyms: | stifle deaden smother damp tone_down mute repress strangle muffle | |
| Related terms: | suppress hush smotherer | |
| 5. | [ verb ] reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) | |
| Related terms: | weaken | |
| 6. | [ verb ] deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping | |
| Synonyms: | mute dull damp tone_down muffle | |
| Related terms: | soften silencer damper | |
| 7. | [ verb ] check; keep in check (a fire) | |
| Related terms: | check | |
| 8. | [ verb ] lessen in force or effect | |
| Synonyms: | soften break weaken damp | |
| Examples: | "soften a shock" "break a fall" |
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| Related terms: | deaden damp deafen weakener | |
| Similar spelling: |
dampener dampening dampness |
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