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"word": "damp down"
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"word": "damp off"
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"3": "",
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"3": "",
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"4": "to smoke"
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"text": "25 January 2017, Leena Camadoo writing in The Guardian, Dominican banana producers at sharp end of climate change\nOnce the farms have been drained and the dead plants have been cut down and cleared, farmers then have to be alert for signs of black sigatoka, a devastating fungus which flourishes in damp conditions and can destroy banana farms."
},
{
"text": "The lawn was still damp so we decided not to sit down.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "The paint is still damp, so please don't touch it.",
"type": "example"
}
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"In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist."
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"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
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"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "msmiy"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "vilʹhótny",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "вільготны"
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"roman": "vlážen",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "вла́жен"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "humit"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "潮濕"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "cháoshi",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "潮湿"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "濕潤"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīrùn",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "湿润"
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"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "vlhký"
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"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "fugtig"
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"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "klam"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "malseketa"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "kostea"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "humide"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "moite"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "mouillé"
},
{
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"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "umid"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "lento"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "húmido"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "noṭio",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "ნოტიო"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "nesṭiani",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "ნესტიანი"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭeniani",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "ტენიანი"
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{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "feucht"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "noterós",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "νοτερός"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pladarós",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "πλαδαρός"
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"code": "iba",
"lang": "Iban",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "embap"
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"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "humida"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "lembap"
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"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "nepsiä"
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"code": "izh",
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"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "nahkia"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "umido"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "bagnato"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "madido"
},
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"alt": "しめっぽい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shimeppoi",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "湿っぽい"
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"roman": "shimetta",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "湿った"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "saəm",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "សើម"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chukchukhada",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "축축하다"
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"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "nimawî",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "نِماوی"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
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"roman": "nimdar",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "نمدار"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "şêdar",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "شێدار"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "ūvidus"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "mitrs"
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{
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "mikls"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "valgans"
},
{
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "valgs"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "drėgnas"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vlážen",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "вла́жен"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "lembap"
},
{
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"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "moiste"
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{
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"tags": [
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"word": "mucre"
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{
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "fuktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"note": "of a place",
"roman": "sulak",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "صولاق"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "namnâk",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "نمناک"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "wilgotny"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "úmido"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
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"word": "húmido"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "umed"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "syrój",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сыро́й"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "vlažan"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
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"masculine"
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"word": "vlhký"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "húmedo"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "fuktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "ชุ่มชื้น"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chʉ́ʉn",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "ชื้น"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "màat",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "หมาด"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "nemli"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "rutubetli"
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{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "syryj",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "сирий"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "ẩm"
},
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "Being in a state between dry and wet",
"word": "ǁn̥âʻm"
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"text": "27 July 2016, Jane O’Faherty in The Irish Independent, Monarchs and prison officers win big on second race day\nThough Travis's 'Why does it always Rain on Me' boomed around the stands, there were few damp spirits in Galway on day two of the races."
}
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"word": "унил"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "potisnat",
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"ref": "2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, page 32",
"text": "The Roadhouse was twenty-seve miles down the road from Niniltna, nine feet and three inches outside the Niniltna Native Association's tribal jurisdiction, and therefore not subject to the dry law currently in effect. Or was it damp? Kate thought it might have changed, yet again, at the last election, from dry to damp, or maybe it was from wet to damp.",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "melancholy"
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{
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"word": "sorrowful"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To put out, as fire",
"word": "rallentare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "To put out, as fire",
"word": "whakanoti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "To put out, as fire",
"word": "udusiť"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaglušavam",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "заглушавам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zatihvam",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "затихвам"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "amortizi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "vaimentaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "amortir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "dämpfen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "smorzare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "amortecer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "amortiguar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "To suppress vibrations or oscillations",
"word": "dämpa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"damp (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "damp"
}
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