dampen
See also: dämpen
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
dampen (third-person singular simple present dampens, present participle dampening, simple past and past participle dampened)
- (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
- (intransitive) To become damp or moist.
- (transitive) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
- 1883 "Pomona's Daughter", Frank R. Stockton, in The Century, vol. XXVI, number 1, May, page 25
- He was dreadfully familiar with everything, and talked about some places we were longing to see in a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
- 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, The New York Times,
- Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.
- 1883 "Pomona's Daughter", Frank R. Stockton, in The Century, vol. XXVI, number 1, May, page 25
- (intransitive) To become damped or deadened.
Translations
make damp
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depress, lessen
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become damp, to deaden
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Anagrams
Danish
Noun
dampen c
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From damp + -en. The meaning “to vape” is a semantic loan from English.
Verb
dampen
- (intransitive) to steam, to give off steam or smoke
- (intransitive) to vape (to inhale the vapour of an electronic cigarette)
- Synonym: vapen
Inflection
Conjugation of dampen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | dampen | |||
past singular | dampte | |||
past participle | gedampt | |||
infinitive | dampen | |||
gerund | dampen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | damp | dampte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | dampt, damp2 | dampte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | dampt | dampte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | dampt | dampte | ||
3rd person singular | dampt | dampte | ||
plural | dampen | dampten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | dampe | dampte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | dampen | dampten | ||
imperative sing. | damp | |||
imperative plur.1 | dampt | |||
participles | dampend | gedampt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dampen
- (deprecated template usage) Plural form of damp
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
dampen m
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
dampen
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