dämpfen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- allay verb To make a strong feeling, such as fear or worry, calmer or less severe.
- attenuate verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
- damp adj Slightly wet; not dry but not soaking either.
- dampen verb To make something slightly wet.
- slake verb To quench a thirst or satisfy a strong desire.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- steam noun The hot vapor that water turns into when it boils.
- steaming adj Giving off visible steam or heat.
- stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.
- tamp verb To fill a hole drilled in rock with clay, earth, sand or a similar material.
Senses
dämpfen is used for these senses in English:
- allay (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- attenuate (transitive) To weaken.
- damp (transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
- damp (transitive, archaic) To put out, as fire; to weaken, restrain, or make dull.
- dampen (transitive) To lessen; to dull; to make less intense (said of emotions and non-physical things).
- slake (intransitive, obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force. [14th–19thc.]
- smother (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- steam (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
allay — full definition
- verb To make a strong feeling, such as fear or worry, calmer or less severe.
- verb To make something unpleasant less severe.
- verb To die down and become calm again.
- verb To combine a metal with a less valuable one, lowering its quality.
attenuate — full definition
- verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
- verb To make something thinner, for example by shaping, starving or decay.
- verb To grow thinner or become less.
- verb To make a bacterium or virus less able to cause disease.
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