To dry something until it is only damp.

A condition caused by ground moisture rising up a masonry wall by capillary action

A protective measure applied to the exterior of building foundation walls to prevent rising damp

(nonstandard) malapropism of damp squib

plural of damp squid

plural of damp squib

(transitive) to reduce the intensity of (a fire) / (transitive) to reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem)

An asphyxiant found in enclosed places such as mines and sewers; a mixture of several gases left after oxygen is removed from the air, typically nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and water vapor.

(physics, of a linear dynamic system) Possessing a damping ratio of exactly 1.

(physics, mathematics) A dimensionless measure of the damping in second-order linear dynamic system, appearing as the term 𝜁 in the generalised equation of motion for such a system, ̈q+2𝜁𝜔ₙ̇q+𝜔ₙ²q=F.