Damper - English meaning

noun

A device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels.

Usage examples:

He slammed on his brakes

verb

Another term for brake van.

noun

An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.

Usage examples:

The cost of travelling by alternative means such as coach or brake was prohibitive over a season, s…

verb

Examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something.

Usage examples:

Customs officers have the right to check all luggage

noun

An examination to test or ascertain accuracy, quality, or satisfactory condition.

Usage examples:

A campaign calling for regular checks on gas appliances

exclamation

Us spelling of cheque.

noun

An unpleasant feeling of coldness in the atmosphere, one's surroundings, or the body.

Usage examples:

There was a chill in the air

verb

Make (someone) cold.

Usage examples:

They were chilled by a sudden wind

adjective

Chilly.

Usage examples:

The chill grey dawn

adjective

Tending to form clots; sticky.

Usage examples:

Claggy mud

adjective

Thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The soil in the garden was thick, claggy clay., the claggy weather in the west will clear to leave …

adjective

Unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy to touch.

Usage examples:

His skin felt cold and clammy

adjective

Slightly wet and cool, in an unpleasant way

Usage examples:

Her forehead was hot, but her hands were clammy.

noun

A visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground.

Usage examples:

The sun had disappeared behind a cloud

verb

(of the sky) become overcast or gloomy.

Usage examples:

The blue skies clouded over abruptly

noun

A limitation or restriction.

Usage examples:

Time constraints make it impossible to do everything

noun

Something that limits the range of a person’s actions or freedom

Usage examples:

In egypt, the biggest constraint on new agricultural production is water.

noun

Something that controls what you can do by keeping you within particular limits

Usage examples:

The constraint of distribution costs remains the severest of all., budget/financial, etc. constrain…

noun

The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.

Usage examples:

The whole operation is under the control of a production manager

verb

Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.

Usage examples:

He was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy

verb

Power to direct or determine

noun

A check or restraint on something.

Usage examples:

Plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider dealing

verb

Variant spelling of kerb.

noun

A stone edging to a pavement or raised path.

verb

Make slightly wet.

Usage examples:

The fine rain dampened her face

verb

Past simple and past participle of dampen

Usage examples:

Rain had dampened the tent so we left it to dry in the afternoon sun., nothing you can say will dam…

adjective

Unpleasantly damp and cold.

Usage examples:

Huge dank caverns

adjective

(chiefly of a drug) reducing functional or nervous activity.

Usage examples:

It is also necessary to exclude reversible causes of failure of brain function, including depressan…

noun

A depressant drug.

Usage examples:

Phenothiazines, tricyclic antidepressants, and cns depressants may potentiate the therapeutic and a…

noun

A substance that causes you to feel sad or calm

noun

Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.

Usage examples:

Self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression

noun

A feeling of sadness, or medical a type of mental illness that causes long periods of unhappiness

Usage examples:

I’m just beginning to get over the depression from losing my job., medical tiredness, loss of appet…

noun

A recession (= time of low economic activity, when investments lose value, businesses fail and people lose their jobs) that lasts for a long period of time, usually several years

Usage examples:

Plunge/slide into depression the thirties saw the world plunge into depression., the wall street cr…

adjective

Wet with dew.

Usage examples:

Early morning is best, when the woods are cool and the ground is still moist and dewy.

adjective

Connected with dew (= the drops of water that form on the ground and other surfaces outside during the night)

Usage examples:

A dewy morning, her dewy skin has the look of a woman 20 years younger.

noun

A loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness.

Usage examples:

Do not give in to discouragement

noun

A feeling of being less confident or less hopeful

Usage examples:

He had known discouragement and failure, but in the end he persevered and wound up with a successfu…

adjective

If the weather is drizzly, it is raining in small light drops

Usage examples:

A drizzly afternoon

adjective

Full of or characterized by fog.

Usage examples:

A dark and foggy night

adjective

With fog

Usage examples:

A cold, foggy day, side effects include headaches, nausea, weakness, and foggy thinking., i get fog…

noun

Partial or total darkness.

Usage examples:

He strained his eyes peering into the gloom

verb

Have a dark or sombre appearance.

Usage examples:

The black gibbet glooms beside the way

noun

Lack of hope

Usage examples:

Gloom and anger replaced her earlier upbeat mood., up ahead they could see lights in the gloom.

noun

A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone.

Usage examples:

A hindrance to the development process

noun

Something that makes it more difficult for you to do something or for something to develop

Usage examples:

I've never considered my disability a hindrance, but other people have.

adjective

Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere.

Usage examples:

A hot and humid day

adjective

(of air and weather) containing extremely small drops of water in the air

Usage examples:

New york is very hot and humid in the summer.

noun

A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.

Usage examples:

A serious impediment to scientific progress

noun

Something that makes progress or movement difficult or impossible

Usage examples:

The lack of funds is a major impediment to research.

noun

A point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.

Usage examples:

The failure showed the limits of british power

verb

Set or serve as a limit to.

Usage examples:

Try to limit the amount you drink

noun

The greatest amount, number, or level allowed or possible

Usage examples:

There’s a limit to her patience., two cups of coffee are my limit., spending limits were imposed by…

noun

A limiting rule or circumstance; a restriction.

Usage examples:

Severe limitations on water use

noun

The act of controlling, or something that controls

Usage examples:

[ c ] the major limitation of early record players was the short playing time of the records., [ u …

noun

Something that controls or reduces something

Usage examples:

Limitation on/upon sth there are strict limitations on where such businesses can locate., impose/pl…

adjective

Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist.

Usage examples:

The evening was cold and misty

adjective

Slightly wet

Usage examples:

His eyes grew misty as he remembered her.

adjective

Slightly wet.

Usage examples:

The moist, fertile soil

adjective

Slightly wet

Usage examples:

Moist blueberry muffins, rich, moist soil, [ t ] moisten the shirts before ironing.

verb

Wet slightly.

Usage examples:

She moistened her lips with the tip of her tongue

verb

Past simple and past participle of moisten

Usage examples:

Moisten the cloth before using it to clean glass.

adjective

(of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid.

Usage examples:

It was a hot, very muggy evening

adjective

(of weather) very warm and humid (= containing a lot of very small drops of water in the air)

noun

A thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.

Usage examples:

The major obstacle to achieving that goal is money

noun

Something that blocks your way so that movement or progress is prevented or made more difficult

Usage examples:

We suddenly encountered an obstacle along the trail., money seems to be no obstacle.

noun

A cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb.

Usage examples:

During the mass, they covered the coffin with a pall, some kind of cloth. we took it off on the way…

verb

Become less appealing or interesting through familiarity.

Usage examples:

The novelty of the quiet life palled

noun

A dark, thick covering or cloud that blocks light

Usage examples:

A heavy pall of smoke from the forest fires blotted out the sun., news of his death cast a pall ove…

adjective

(of weather, a period, or an area) having or characterized by considerable rainfall.

Usage examples:

A rainy afternoon

adjective

Raining a lot

Usage examples:

We had three rainy days on holiday, but otherwise it was sunny.

noun

A long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving.

Usage examples:

Spotting them, she quickly grabbed the reins and led the horses back at a trot.

verb

Check or guide (a horse) by pulling on its reins.

Usage examples:

He reined in his horse and waited

noun

A long thin piece of material, esp. leather, used to control a horse

noun

A measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control.

Usage examples:

Decisions are made within the financial restraints of the budget

noun

A limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.

Usage examples:

Planning restrictions on commercial development

noun

Something that limits someone's actions or movement, or limits the amount, size, etc., of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] you can get a discount fare, but some restrictions (= rules about limits) apply.

noun

An official limit or control on what people or companies are allowed to do, or on what can happen

Usage examples:

Impose/place/put restrictions on sth this practice imposes unneccessary restrictions on employment.…

adjective

(of weather or a period of time) characterized by frequent showers of rain.

Usage examples:

There was a good turn out for the clonaslee show despite the showery weather.

adjective

Used to describe weather with light rain that is often not continuous

Usage examples:

Showery weather

adjective

Producing, filled with, or clouded with steam.

Usage examples:

A small steamy kitchen

adjective

Filled with steam

Usage examples:

By the time hannah finished her shower, the bathroom was all steamy.

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

noun

A restriction on a person or activity.

Usage examples:

The strictures imposed by the british board of film censors

noun

A statement of severe criticism or disapproval

Usage examples:

The strictures of the united nations have failed to have any effect on the warring factions., relig…

adjective

Exuding, soaked in, or inducing sweat.

Usage examples:

My feet got so hot and sweaty

adjective

Covered in sweat

Usage examples:

His face was sweaty.

adjective

Of the nature of, characterized by, or filled with vapour.

Usage examples:

The vaporous atmosphere

adjective

Consisting of or filled with vapour (= gas or extremely small drops of liquid that result from the heating of a liquid or solid)

Usage examples:

Condensation is the passage of a substance from the vaporous to the liquid state., every six months…

adjective

Covered or saturated with water or another liquid.

Usage examples:

She followed, slipping on the wet rock

verb

Cover or touch with liquid; moisten.

Usage examples:

He wetted a finger and flicked through the pages

noun

Liquid that makes something damp.

Usage examples:

I could feel the wet of his tears

verb

Cover or touch with liquid; moisten.

Usage examples:

He wetted a finger and flicked through the pages

adjective

Covered or saturated with water or another liquid.

Usage examples:

She followed, slipping on the wet rock

adjective

Showing a lack of forcefulness or strength of character; feeble.

Usage examples:

They thought the cadets were a bit wet