Dampen

Definitions: Dampen

Dampen

Verb

1. Smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity".

2. Make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows".

3. Deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping.

4. Reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves).

5. Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible.

6. Check; keep in check (a fire).

7. Lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall".

Date "dampen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references)

Synonyms: Dampen

Synonyms: break (v), damp (v), deaden (v), dull (v), moisten (v), muffle (v), mute (v), soften (v), stifle (v), tone down (v), wash (v), weaken (v). (additional references)

Antonym: stimulate (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Dampen

English words defined with "dampen": Dampened. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dampen": continuous wave ♦ float well, FUR NAILER ♦ gauge well ♦ honey comb ♦ MOISTURE-CONDITIONER OPERATOR ♦ recorder well ♦ stilling well. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Arbeidsomstandigheden in de houtverwerkende industrie : overzicht van de voornaamste knelpunten wat betreft de blootstelling aan geluid, trillingen, gassen, dampen en stof (reference) Chicken Poop for the Soul: Stories to Harden the Heart and Dampen the Spirit: A Paradoy (reference) Dampen binder Danmark sammen (reference) Farvel til dampen (reference) Gamle dampen : ruteb�ter p� Trondheimsfjorden 1850-1975 (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		For the moment, the contractionary fiscal policy, however, will also dampen GDP growth. (references)
		The slowdown in construction demand last year should continue to dampen construction output this year, albeit to a lesser degree. (references)
Economic History	Jamaica	However, any U.S. economic slowdown may dampen earnings from remittances, exports and tourism. (references)
	Russia	Despite some recovery, still-low purchasing power continues to dampen the attractiveness of investments. (references)
	Nepal	Indian efforts to revise the treaty, which comes up for a 5-year review in December 2001, could dampen Nepal's export growth. (references)
Political Economy	REPUBLIC OF KOREA	Increased uncertainty in the economy could further dampen domestic consumption and investment. (references)
	VENEZUELA	It is anticipated that money supply will be tightly controlled to dampen inflationary pressures and support the Bolivar. (references)
	VENEZUELA	Overall, uncertainty emanating from a polarized domestic political situation and President Chavez's criticism of globalization have combined to dampen a previously encouraging climate for U.S. exports. (references)
Trade	Burma	However, the result has often been to dampen legitimate trade. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Dampen" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 72.44% of the time. "Dampen" is used about 127 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	72.44%	92	34,282
Lexical Verb (base form)	26.77%	34	59,261
Noun (proper)	0.79%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	127	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "dampen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		spërkat (asperse, bedew, besprinkle, damp, dash, dew, perfuse, plash, slosh, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, spray, sprinkle, strew), lag (dabble, damp, douse, drench, get wet, moisten, soak, souse, wash, wet), bëhem i lagur. (various references)

Arabic		‏وهن (asthenia, attenuate, attenuation, damp, debilitate, debility, decay, discouragement, distemper, droop, enervate, enfeeble, extenuate, feebleness, imitators, infirmity, invalidate, languish, languishment, languor, pall, relax, sap, shrivel, sickliness, thin, weak spot, weaken, weaklings), ‏أخمد (die out, expire, fall, hush, lay, muffle, oppress, put out, quench, scotch, slake, smolder, smoulder, squelch, stifle, subside, suppress, trail off), ‏ثبط (chill, damp, demoralize, frustrate, inhibit, inhibition, repel), ‏رطب (clammy, dabble, dabby, damp, dank, foul, humid, humidify, moist, moisten, refresh, soggy, sour, watery, wet). (various references)

Bulgarian		овлажнявам (damp, moisten), обезсърчавам (damp, daunt, discountenance, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, pour cold water on). (various references)

Chinese		挫伤 (Bruise, bruised, Bruising, Dampened, Dampening), 挫 (be obstructed, bend back, end, fail, final stage, latter part, lower the tone, oppress, repress). (various references)

Czech		přidusit, navlhèit (dabble, damp, humidify, humify, moisten, wash, wet). (various references)

Danish		standse løn-pris-spiral (to dampen the wage-price spiral). (various references)

Dutch		vochtig maken, bevochtigen (humidify, moistening, wetting). (various references)

Esperanto		malseketigi. (various references)

Farsi		مرطوب ک ردن , افسرده شدن (Gloom, Languish, Sadden), رطوبت پیداکردن . (various references)

French		décourager (damp, daunt), humidifier, humecter, calmer, amorti, affaiblir (damp), abreuver, étouffer. (various references)

German		befeuchten (damp, humidify, moisten, moistening, moisturize, to humidify, wet). (various references)

Greek		υγραίνω (condition, dabble, damp, humidify, moisten, wet). (various references)

Hebrew		ללחלח (humidify, moisten, refresh), ל�"טחיב (make damp, moisten). (various references)

Hungarian		megnedvesít (dabble, damp, dew, moisten, to dabble, to damp, to dampen, to dew, to moisten, to souse, to wet), letör (break down, to break away, to break down, to chip, to pull down, to put down, to silence). (various references)

Indonesian		membasahi (damp, moisten), melengaskan (moisten). (various references)

Italian		smorzare (absorb, appease, be appeased, cushion, deaden, dim, dull, fade, grow fainter, muffle, quench), inumidire (become damp, dabble, damp, moisten, moisturize, to moisten, wet), bagnare (bathe, dabble, damp, dip, flow through, get wet, irrigate, lave, moisten, soak, sprinkle, steep, sweat, wash, water, wet), ammortizzare (amortise, amortize, deaden, depreciate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		冷ます (to cool, to dampen, to let cool, to throw a). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しめす (to dampen, to denote, to indicate, to moisten, to point out, to show, to wet), さます (to awaken, to cool, to dampen, to let cool, to spoil, to throw a damper on), さめる (to abate, to awake, to become cool, to come down, to come to one's senses, to cool down, to dampen, to discolour, to fade, to get sober, to subside, to wake, to wake up, to wear off). (various references)

Korean		기를 꺾 (Dampened, Dampening). (various references)

Malay		membasahi. (various references)

Pig Latin		ampenday.(various references)

Portuguese		diminuir (abate, abridge, assuage, attenuate, commute, cut down, decline, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, dock, dwarf, dyad, extenuate, fall, impair, lessen, lower, mince, minify, pass off, rebate, reduce, relax, retrench, shorten, shrink, sink, wear down, Whittle), umedecer (dabble, damp, dew, drencher, liquor, moisten, wash), molhar (bathe, damp, dip, irrigate, liquor, moisten, soak, souse, steep, wash, water, wet), amortecer (absorb, amortize, benumb, blunt, break, cushion, damp, deaden, fade, muffle, rebate, weaken). (various references)

Romanian		se umezi (moisten, water), se potoli (abate, burn down, calm, die away, fall, flatten, lull, quiet, remit, settle, smooth down, soften, subside). (various references)

Russian		становится влажным, отсыревать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vlažiti (moisten), ovlažiti (damp, humect, moisten), nakvasiti (damp, get slightly wet, get wet, imbrue, liquor, macerate, moisten, wash). (various references)

Spanish		humedecer (bedew, damp, humidify, moisten, water, wet). (various references)

Swedish		dämpa (abate, attenuate, Bate, chasten, cushion, damp, deaden, dim, dull, kill, moderate, muffle, mute, quell, quench, subdue, supress, temper, tone down), kväva (asphyxiate, choke, damp, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, throttle), fukta (be damp, damp, humidify, moisten, sweat, wet). (various references)

Turkish		tadını kaçırmak (spoil), söndürmek (attenuate, damp, damp down, deflate, douse, dowse, extinguish, hydrate, kill, put out, quench, slack, slacken, slake, snuff out, suffocate, switch off, trample out, turn off, turn out), nemlenmek (become moist, get damp, moisten, moisturize), nemlendirmek (damp, humidify, moisten, moisturize), köreltmek (atrophy, blunt, damp, damp down, dull, rust), kırmak (bear down, blight, breach, break, break down, bust, chill, chop, crack, cut, discount, fracture, freeze, give offence, give offense, hurt, lacerate, offend, outrage, pique, put off, put smb.'s nose out of joint, quench, reduce, refract, Rive, ruffle smb.'s feelings, rupture, set up, shatter, skip, snap, snap off, split, stave in, sting, touch, vanquish), ıslatmak (bedrabble, bedraggle, damp, douse, dowse, drench, imbrue, moisten, moisturize, saturate, soak, sop, souse, sprinkle, steep, swim, water, wet), ıslanmak (draggle, get wet, soak). (various references)

Turkmen		zaяleek (liquify, moisturize). (various references)

Ukranian		ставати вогким, відволожуватися. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dampen": dampened, dampener, dampeners, dampening, dampens. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dampen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: campen, Dahmen, daimien, Damaen, Dambijn, Dambiyn, Damen, damien, damnen, dampe, dampi, dampned, dampner, damsen, danken, Daplen, darpan, demen, dimen, Dimpuna, dupen, Dymphna, hampen. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dampen" (pronounced da"mpun)
4	-m p u n	hempen.
3	-p u n	aspen, cheapen, copen, crispen, deepen, happen, lupin, misshapen, open, reopen, ripen, sharpen, somatotropin, tarpon, weapon, yaupon.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-m-n-p"
	-1 letter: admen, amend, maned, menad, named, paned.
	-2 letters: amen, aped, dame, damn, damp, dean, made, mane, mead, mean, mend, name, nape, neap, nema, pane, pean, pend.
	-3 letters: amp, and, ane, ape, dam, dap, den, end, mad, mae, man, map, med, men, nae, nam, nap, pad, pam, pan, pea, ped, pen.
	-4 letters: ad, ae, am, an, de, ed, em, en, ma, me, na, ne, pa, pe.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-m-n-p"
	+1 letter: dampens.
	+2 letters: dampened, dampener, dampness, dopamine, empanada, emplaned, encamped, ependyma, impawned, napalmed, pandemic, pomander, tamponed, undamped, unmapped.
	+3 letters: ampersand, amplidyne, companied, compendia, dampeners, dampening, decamping, dopamines, empanadas, empaneled, endoplasm, ependymas, impainted, impaneled, impedance, implanted, lampooned, pandemics, pomanders, promenade, reprimand, unclamped.
	+4 letters: ampersands, amplidynes, campaigned, championed, complained, dampnesses, decampment, department, empanelled, endoplasms, impanelled, impedances, impleading, megaphoned, mispainted, misplanned, misplanted, multipaned, palindrome, pantomimed, pedimental, promenaded, promenader, promenades, reprimands, stampeding, unexampled, unhampered, unimpaired.
	+5 letters: accompanied, antependium, companioned, compensated, decampments, departments, depravement, desipramine, emancipated, encompassed, endoplasmic, impassioned, impedimenta, impregnated, madreporian, manipulated, mispleading, monographed, palindromes, pandemonium, pentamidine, predicament, predominant, predominate, promenaders, promenading, pseudomonad, pseudomonas, reimplanted, reprimanded, unamplified.
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