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  • 1 damp

    1. adjective

    a damp squib — (fig.) ein Reinfall

    2. transitive verb
    2)

    damp [down] a fire — ein Feuer ersticken

    3) (Mus., Phys.) dämpfen
    4) dämpfen [Eifer, Begeisterung]
    3. noun
    Feuchtigkeit, die
    * * *
    [dæmp] 1. adjective
    (slightly wet: This towel is still damp.) feucht
    2. noun
    (slight wetness, especially in the air: The walls were brown with (the) damp.) die Feuchtigkeit
    - academic.ru/18340/dampen">dampen
    - damper
    - dampness
    - damp down
    * * *
    [dæmp]
    I. adj table, cloth feucht, klamm
    II. n no pl BRIT, AUS Feuchtigkeit f
    patch of \damp feuchter Fleck
    III. vt
    1. (wet)
    ▪ to \damp sth etw befeuchten
    to \damp a cloth ein Tuch anfeuchten
    to \damp shirts for ironing Hemden zum Bügeln einsprengen [o einspritzen
    2. (smother) etw dämpfen
    * * *
    [dmp]
    1. adj (+er)
    feucht
    2. n
    1) (= dampness) Feuchtigkeit f
    2) (MIN) (= chokedamp) Schlagwetter nt; (= firedamp) Grubengas nt
    3. vt
    1) befeuchten, anfeuchten
    2) (fig) enthusiasm etc dämpfen
    3) sounds, vibrations dämpfen; (also damp down) fire ersticken
    * * *
    damp [dæmp]
    A adj (adv damply)
    1. feucht, (Raum etc auch) klamm: → squib A 1
    2. fig obs niedergeschlagen
    B s
    1. Feuchtigkeit f:
    damp in the air Luftfeuchtigkeit
    a) Schwaden m
    b) pl Schlag-, Grubenwetter n
    3. fig obs Niedergeschlagenheit f
    4. fig Dämpfer m, Entmutigung f:
    cast ( oder strike) a damp on ( oder over) sth etwas dämpfen oder lähmen, auf etwas lähmend wirken
    C v/t
    1. a) an-, befeuchten
    b) → damp down 3
    2. a) jemandes Begeisterung etc dämpfen
    b) jemanden entmutigen, deprimieren
    3. ein Feuer ersticken, (aus)löschen
    4. ELEK, MUS, PHYS dämpfen
    D v/i
    1. feucht werden
    2. → damp out
    * * *
    1. adjective

    a damp squib — (fig.) ein Reinfall

    2. transitive verb
    2)

    damp [down] a fire — ein Feuer ersticken

    3) (Mus., Phys.) dämpfen
    4) dämpfen [Eifer, Begeisterung]
    3. noun
    Feuchtigkeit, die
    * * *
    adj.
    feucht adj. n.
    Dunst ¨-e m.
    Feuchtigkeit f.
    dunstig adj. v.
    abschwächen v.
    anfeuchten v.
    befeuchten v.
    drosseln v.
    dämpfen v.
    ersticken v.
    schwächen v.

    English-german dictionary > damp

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