dampen

dampen englannista suomeksi

1. vaimentaa

2. heikentää

3. tukahduttaa

4. sammuttaa

5. kostuttaa

0. Verbi

1. kostuttaa

1. Substantiivi

dampen englanniksi

1. To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.

2. To become damp or moist.

3. To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).

(ux)

4. 1883 "Pomona's Daughter", (w), 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.

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6. (quote-web)

7. To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).Due to confusion with the similar-looking verb damp, overgeneralization from the nearby sense of "to lessen or to dull", and/or conflation of transitive "damp" with intransitive "dampen", "dampen" is increasingly used in nontechnical contexts as a synonym for "damp", especially in the case of "dampened" versus "damped". However, this usage is still considered incorrect in technical contexts.

8. To become damped or deadened.

9. (infl of)

10. to steam, to give off steam or smoke

11. to vape (gloss)

(syn)

12. (monikko) nl|damp

13. (alt form)

14. (inflection of)