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damp sth down
[ M ] FEELING
2. to make a strong feeling be felt less strongly
• He had tried to damp down speculation about the state of his marriage., damp sth down
[ M ] FIRE
1. to make a fire burn more slowly
• Water was pumped from a nearby lake in an attempt to damp down the flames.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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things
damp
slightly wet:
• Iron the shirt while it is still damp. • a damp cloth
moist
slightly wet, especially when this is pleasant or how something should be:
• a moist chocolate cake • The cream helps to keep your skin moist. • Make sure that the soil is moist.
clammy
slightly wet and sticky, in an unpleasant way – used especially about someone’s skin:
• His hands were cold and clammy.
air/weather
damp
slightly wet, especially in a cold unpleasant way:
• It was a cold damp morning.
humid
hot and damp in an unpleasant way:
• Florida can be very humid in the summer.
muggy
warm and damp and making you feel uncomfortable:
• This muggy weather gives me a headache.
dank
dank air is cold and damp and smells unpleasant – used especially about the air inside a room:
• The dank air smelled of stale sweat.
Longman-Thesaurus
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adj. VERBS be, feel, look, smell The room smelled damp. | become, get | remain | make sth The rain had made the walls damp. ADV. very | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly Our clothes had got a bit damp., noun ADJ. penetrating, rising VERB + DAMP have, suffer from The house had got woodworm and rising damp. | check for, look for | find The surveyor found damp in the kitchen.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary