dämpfen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- allay verb To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- attenuate verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- damp adj Slightly wet; not dry but not soaking either.
- dampen verb To make something slightly wet.
- slake verb To satisfy (thirst, or other desires).
- 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 plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
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 quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- verb To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- verb To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- verb To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
attenuate — full definition
- verb To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
- verb To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
- verb To become thin or fine; to grow less.
- verb To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.