dampsomethingdown
phrasal verbwithdampverbuk/dæmp/us/dæmp/
(FIRE)
to make afireburnmoreslowly:
Water waspumpedfrom anearbylakein anattempttodampdown theflames.
Stopping fires
- beat
- beatsomethingout
- blow
- blow(something)out
- damp
- douse
- extinguish
- extinguishment
- go
- go out
- gutter
- quench
- smother
- snuff
- snuffsomethingout
- sprinkler
- sprinkler system
(FEELING)
to make astrongfeelingbefeltlessstrongly:
He hadtriedtodampdownspeculationabout thestateof hismarriage.
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- haircut
- lessen
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- scalesomethingdown
- shave
- telescope