damp
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a slight wetness
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- damp derivation
Sense 2 verb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
slightly wet
clothes damp with perspiration
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Sense 4 verb
restrain or discourage
the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere
Types & categories
- curb hypernym
Related & opposite
- damper derivation
Sense 5 verb
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
muffle the message
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
Related & opposite
- damper derivation
Sense 6 verb
lessen in force or effect
soften a shock
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Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | damp |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | wetness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dankness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rawness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | muffler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | damp |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | wet |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | curb |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | weakener |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | blunt |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | deafen |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | deaden |