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Meaning of dampen

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dampen
      v 1: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [syn:
           {stifle}, {dampen}] [ant: {excite}, {stimulate}]
      2: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows" [syn: {moisten},
         {wash}, {dampen}]
      3: deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping [syn:
         {muffle}, {mute}, {dull}, {damp}, {dampen}, {tone down}]
      4: reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
      5: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
         "muffle the message" [syn: {dampen}, {deaden}, {damp}]
      6: check; keep in check (a fire)
      7: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
         [syn: {dampen}, {damp}, {soften}, {weaken}, {break}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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