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damper


 
  Grep  of  noun  damper 
  damper 
  damper  block 
  piano  damper 
 
  Overview  of  noun  damper 
 
  The  noun  damper  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  damper  --  (a  movable  iron  plate  that  regulates  the  draft  in  a  stove  or  chimney  or  furnace) 
  2.  damper  --  (a  device  that  decreases  the  amplitude  of  electronic,  mechanical,  acoustical,  or  aerodynamic  oscillations) 
  3.  damper  --  (a  depressing  restraint;  "rain  put  a  damper  on  our  picnic  plans") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  damp 
 
  The  adj  damp  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (7)  damp,  dampish,  moist  --  (slightly  wet;  "clothes  damp  with  perspiration";  "a  moist  breeze";  "eyes  moist  with  tears") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  damp 
 
  1  sense  of  damp 
 
  Sense  1 
  damp,  dampish,  moist 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  wet)  ->  dry 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  damp 
 
  1  sense  of  damp 
 
  Sense  1 
  damp,  dampish,  moist 
  =>  wet  (vs.  dry) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  damp 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  damp 
 
  damp  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  damp 
  damp 
  dampish 
 
  Overview  of  noun  damper 
 
  The  noun  damper  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  damper  --  (a  movable  iron  plate  that  regulates  the  draft  in  a  stove  or  chimney  or  furnace) 
  2.  damper  --  (a  device  that  decreases  the  amplitude  of  electronic,  mechanical,  acoustical,  or  aerodynamic  oscillations) 
  3.  damper  --  (a  depressing  restraint;  "rain  put  a  damper  on  our  picnic  plans") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  damp 
 
  The  adj  damp  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (7)  damp,  dampish,  moist  --  (slightly  wet;  "clothes  damp  with  perspiration";  "a  moist  breeze";  "eyes  moist  with  tears") 



damper definition