"tamp down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-tamp down.ogg [Australia] Forms: tamps down [present, singular, third-person], tamping down [participle, present], tamped down [participle, past], tamped down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tamp down (third-person singular simple present tamps down, present participle tamping down, simple past and past participle tamped down)
  1. To compact a substance (usually soil) until it is flat. Translations (To compact a substance): komprimieren (German), stampfen (German), verdichten (German), feststampfen (German)
    Sense id: en-tamp_down-en-verb-EC76QF35 Disambiguation of 'To compact a substance': 97 3
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To suppress (something, usually an emotion or thought). Tags: broadly, idiomatic Translations (To suppress something): unterdrücken (German), etwas unterdrücken (German)
    Sense id: en-tamp_down-en-verb-ABLIh1ES Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 23 77 Disambiguation of 'To suppress something': 5 95

Inflected forms

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