DAMPENING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dampening mean? 

• DAMPENING (noun)
  The noun DAMPENING has 1 sense:

1. the act of making something slightly wet

  Familiarity information: DAMPENING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAMPENING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of making something slightly wet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dampening; moistening

Hypernyms ("dampening" is a kind of...):

wetting (the act of making something wet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dampening"):

basting (moistening a roast as it is cooking)

Derivation:

dampen (make moist)