arid English
Adjective
( en-adj)
( wikipedia arid)
Very dry.
Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
Devoid of value.
Quotations
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 37
*: Such occupations might have seemed arid to those who did not possess the intellect to appreciate their subtleties.
See also
* semiarid
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damp English
Adjective
( er)
Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
:* O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear -
- The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.
- The paint is still damp , so please don't touch it.
(obsolete) Pertaining to or affected by noxious vapours; dejected, stupified.
* 1667 , John Milton, Paradise Lost , Book 1, ll. 522-3:
- All these and more came flocking; but with looks / Down cast and damp .
Synonyms
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* (l)/(l)
Derived terms
* dampen
* dampness
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Noun
Moisture; humidity; dampness.
(archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
* Milton
- Night with black air / Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom.
(archaic) Dejection or depression.
* Joseph Addison
- Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, / A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul.
* J. D. Forbes
- It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion.
(archaic, or, historical, mining) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pits, etc.
Derived terms
* afterdamp
* blackdamp
* chokedamp
* damp sheet
* firedamp
* stinkdamp
* whitedamp
Verb
( en verb)
(archaic) To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth.
(archaic) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
:* To damp your tender hopes -
:* Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug -
:* How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! -
:* The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. -
:* Hollow rollers damp vibration. - [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3238/is_200004/ai_n7935204]
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