damp
verb/dæmp/
/dæmp/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they damp | /dæmp/ /dæmp/ |
| he / she / it damps | /dæmps/ /dæmps/ |
| past simple damped | /dæmpt/ /dæmpt/ |
| past participle damped | /dæmpt/ /dæmpt/ |
| -ing form damping | /ˈdæmpɪŋ/ /ˈdæmpɪŋ/ |
- (also more frequent dampen)damp something to make something slightly wet
- She damped a towel and wrapped it round his leg.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the noun sense ‘noxious inhalation’): of West Germanic origin; related to a Middle Low German word meaning ‘vapour, steam, smoke’.
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