How to pronounce“damp”in English
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Definitions of “damp”
In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
“25 January 2017, Leena Camadoo writing in The Guardian, Dominican banana producers at sharp end of climate change Once the farms have been drained and the dead plants have been cut down and cleared, farmers then have to be alert for signs of black sigatoka, a devastating fungus which flourishes in damp conditions and can destroy banana farms.”
Despondent; dispirited, downcast.
“27 July 2016, Jane O’Faherty in The Irish Independent, Monarchs and prison officers win big on second race day Though Travis's 'Why does it always Rain on Me' boomed around the stands, there were few damp spirits in Galway on day two of the races.”
Moisture; humidity; dampness.
“Ere twice in murk and occidental damp / Moist Hesperus hath quench’d his sleepy lamp,”
Fog; fogginess; vapor.
“Night […] with black air / Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.”
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