1. wet 2. Dejected. 3. Moisture in the air; humidity. 4. Foul or poisonous gas that sometimes pollutes the air in coal mines. 5. Lowness of spirits; depression. 6. A restraint or check; a discouragement. 7. To make damp or moist; moisten. 8. To extinguish (a fire, for example) by cutting off air. 9. To restrain or check; discourage. 10. To provide (the strings of a keyboard instrument) with dampers as a means of reducing the dynamic level. 11. To decrease the amplitude of (a wave). 12. To be affected by damping off.
