class='num' aria-hidden='true'>1 : a noxious gas
— compare black damp, firedamp
halberd
EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary : moisture:
archaic : depression, dejection
EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionaryverb
damped; damping; damps
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- transitive verb
- : to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke: to diminish the activity or intensity of //damping down the causes of inflation //liquid damps out compass oscillations: to check the vibration or oscillation of (something, such as a string or a voltage)
- : dampen
- intransitive verb
- : moisture:
- archaic : depression, dejection
verb
damped; damping; damps
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- transitive verb
- : to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke: to diminish the activity or intensity of //damping down the causes of inflation //liquid damps out compass oscillations: to check the vibration or oscillation of (something, such as a string or a voltage)
- : dampen
- intransitive verb
- : moisture:
- archaic : depression, dejection
verb
damped; damping; damps
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- transitive verb
- : to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke: to diminish the activity or intensity of //damping down the causes of inflation //liquid damps out compass oscillations: to check the vibration or oscillation of (something, such as a string or a voltage)
- : dampen
- intransitive verb
- : moisture:
- archaic : depression, dejection
verb
damped; damping; damps
Definition (Entry 2 of 3)
- transitive verb
- : to affect with or as if with a noxious gas : choke: to diminish the activity or intensity of //damping down the causes of inflation //liquid damps out compass oscillations: to check the vibration or oscillation of (something, such as a string or a voltage)
- : dampen
- intransitive verb