[さます, samasu] (v5s, vt) to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to dampen; to let cool; to throw a damper on; to spoil; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.]
1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet;
moist; humid.
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O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.
--Dryden.
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2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]
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All these and more came flocking, but with looks
Downcast and damp. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
damper \damp"er\ (d[a^]m"p[~e]r), n.
That which damps or checks; as:
(a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a
stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the
draught of air.
(b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations;
or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action
at a particular time.
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Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any
damper at the modest little festivities. --W.
Black.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damper
n 1: a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or
chimney or furnace
2: a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic,
mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations [syn:
{damper}, {muffler}]
3: a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic
plans"
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