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DAMPEN

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make moist

Example:

The dew moistened the meadows

Synonyms:

dampen; moisten; wash

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):

wet (cause to become wet)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dampen"):

humidify; moisturise; moisturize (make (more) humid)

baste (cover with liquid before cooking)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

dampener (a device that dampens or moistens something)

dampening (the act of making something slightly wet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lessen in force or effect

Example:

break a fall

Synonyms:

break; damp; dampen; soften; weaken

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):

blunt; deaden (make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dampen"):

deafen (make soundproof)

damp; dampen; deaden (make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 3

Meaning:

Check; keep in check (a fire)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):

check; delay; retard (slow the growth or development of)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 4

Meaning:

Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

Example:

muffle the message

Synonyms:

damp; dampen; deaden

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):

break; damp; dampen; soften; weaken (lessen in force or effect)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 5

Meaning:

Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

Example:

Stifle your curiosity

Synonyms:

dampen; stifle

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):

bottle up; inhibit; suppress (consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dampen"):

choke; suffocate (suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 6

Meaning:

Reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 7

Meaning:

Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

Synonyms:

damp; dampen; dull; muffle; mute; tone down

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):

soften (make (images or sounds) soft or softer)

Sentence frames:

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