Dictionary entry details
• DAMPEN (verb)
Meaning:
Smother or suppress
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
dampen; stifle
Context example:
Stifle your curiosity
Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):
conquer; curb; inhibit; stamp down; subdue; suppress (to put down by force or authority)
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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Meaning:
Make moist
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
moisten; dampen; wash
Context example:
The dew moistened the meadows
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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Meaning:
Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
mute; tone down; damp; muffle; dull; dampen
Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):
soften (make (images or sounds) soft or softer)
Sentence frames:
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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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Meaning:
Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
deaden; damp; dampen
Context example:
muffle the message
Hypernyms (to "dampen" is one way to...):
break; damp; dampen; soften; weaken (lessen in force or effect)
Sentence frames:
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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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Meaning:
Lessen in force or effect
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
soften; damp; weaken; dampen; break
Context examples:
soften a shock / break a fall
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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