damp bed

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• damp — 1 adjective 1 slightly wet, often in an unpleasant way: Wipe the leather with a damp cloth. 2 damp squib BrE informal something that is intended to be exciting, effective etc, but which is disappointing damply adverb USAGE NOTE: DAMP WORD CHOICE …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Damp (structural) — For other uses, see Damp (disambiguation). Detail showing some of the causes of damp penetration Structural dampness refers to the presence of unwanted moisture in the structure of a building, either the result of intrusion from outside or… …   Wikipedia

• Damp proofing — A damp proofing barrier Damp proofing in construction is a type of waterproofing applied to building foundation walls to prevent moisture from passing through the walls into interior spaces. A damp proof course (often abbreviated to DPC) is a… …   Wikipedia

• damp — 01. My mother always told me not to go to bed with [damp] hair, or I could catch a cold. 02. Benula s hair was [damp] from walking outside in the falling snow. 03. The clothes in the dryer are still [damp], so you d better turn it on for another… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Damp-proof course — A damp proof course (often abbreviated to DPC) is a horizontal barrier in a wall designed to prevent moisture rising through the structure by capillary action a phenomenon known as rising damp.Building standards in many countries require most new …   Wikipedia

• bed wetting —    involuntarily urinating in a bed    This standard English makes us forget that there are many other ways of making a bed damp …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• made a bed — застелил постель soft bed мягкая постель damp bed отсыревшая постель make a bed застилать постель to tumble a bed мять постель to make a bed постелить постель …   English-Russian travelling dictionary

• Reed bed — Reed beds are a natural habitat found in floodplains, waterlogged depressions and estuaries. Reed beds are part of a succession from young reed colonising open water or wet ground through a gradation of increasingly dry ground. As reed beds age,… …   Wikipedia

• Death damp — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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