dampen
verb
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
smother or suppress
Stifle your curiosity
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Sense 2 verb
make moist
The dew moistened the meadows
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- moistening derivation
- dampener derivation
- moisture derivation
Sense 3 verb
deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Types & categories
- soften hypernym
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Sense 4 verb
reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
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
check; keep in check (a fire)
Types & categories
- retard hypernym
Sense 7 verb
lessen in force or effect
soften a shock
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | stimulate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stifler |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffocate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moistening |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dampener |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moisture |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wet |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | humidify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | baste |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mute |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muffler |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | soften |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | retard |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | damper |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | weakener |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | blunt |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | deafen |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | deaden |