DAMP
Damp
Structural dampness is the presence of unwanted moisture in the structure of a building, either the result of intrusion from outside or condensation from within the structure.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Damp (structural)
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damp
Noun
- Moisture; humidity; dampness.
- Fog; fogginess; vapor.
- Dejection or depression.
- A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
Verb
- To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth.
- To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
- To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
- To damp your tender hopes -
- Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug -
- How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! -
- The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. -
- Hollow rollers damp vibration. - 1
Adjective
- Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
- O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear -
- The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
- The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it.
- Pertaining to or affected by noxious vapours; dejected, stupified.
- 1667, All these and more came flocking; but with looks / Down cast and damp - John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 522-3
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