"tamp" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /tæmp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tamp.wav Forms: tamps [present, singular, third-person], tamping [participle, present], tamped [participle, past], tamped [past]
Rhymes: -æmp Etymology: Probably a back-formation from tampin (misinterpreted as tamping), a variant of tampion. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|tampin|nocap=1}} back-formation from tampin Head templates: {{en-verb}} tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)
  1. (blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. Translations (plug up with clay or other material): натъпквам (natǎpkvam) (Bulgarian), 搗固 /捣固 (dǎogù) (Chinese Mandarin), 夯實 /夯实 (hāngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), ucpat [perfective] (Czech), tulpata (Finnish), verstopfen (German), zustopfen (German), stopfen (German), verblocken (German), verstemmen (German), calc (Irish), borrare (Italian), заби́ть (zabítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tamp-en-verb-en:plugup Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 24 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'plug up with clay or other material': 94 6
  2. To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes Translations (To reduce the intensity of): zmírnit [perfective] (Czech), reduzieren (German), dämpfen (German), mindern (German), abschwächen (German), herunterfahren (German), unterdrücken (German) Translations (pack down): набивам (nabivam) (Bulgarian), трамбовам (trambovam) (Bulgarian), 填塞 (tiánsè) (Chinese Mandarin), udusat [perfective] (Czech), tampata (Finnish), tasser (French), compacter (French), stampfen (German), verdichten (German), stopfen (German), pressen (German), zusammenpressen (German), rütteln (German), festklopfen (German), πατικώνω (patikóno) (Greek), ubijać [imperfective] (Polish), ubić [perfective] (Polish), трамбова́ть (trambovátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), apisonar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tamp-en-verb-IeIfYmpn Disambiguation of 'To reduce the intensity of': 42 58 Disambiguation of 'pack down': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tamp down, tamper, tamping iron, tamping rod Related terms: tampon, tamper
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /tæmp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tamp.wav Forms: tamps [present, singular, third-person], tamping [participle, present], tamped [participle, past], tamped [past]
Rhymes: -æmp Etymology: Perhaps confusion with damp. Head templates: {{en-verb}} tamp (third-person singular simple present tamps, present participle tamping, simple past and past participle tamped)
  1. (transitive) To reduce the intensity of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-tamp-en-verb-6ajLvK9l
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock."
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        "(blasting) To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock."
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          "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
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          "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
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          "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
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          "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
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          "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
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          "text": "Tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.",
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          "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:",
          "text": "Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.",
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          "sense": "pack down",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "pack down",
          "word": "tasser"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "compacter"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "patikóno",
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          "roman": "trambovátʹ",
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          "word": "abschwächen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To reduce the intensity of",
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          "text": "A single thought tamped her outrage: the chance that Meredith wasn't alone in her suspicions.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Tamp earth so as to make a smooth place.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:",
          "text": "Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drive",
          "drive"
        ],
        [
          "pack",
          "pack"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tæmp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tamp.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æmp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "natǎpkvam",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "натъпквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dǎogù",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "搗固 /捣固"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hāngshí",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "夯實 /夯实"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ucpat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "tulpata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "verstopfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "zustopfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "stopfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "verblocken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "verstemmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "calc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "word": "borrare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabítʹ",
      "sense": "plug up with clay or other material",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заби́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nabivam",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "набивам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trambovam",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "трамбовам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiánsè",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "填塞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "udusat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "tampata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "tasser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "compacter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "stampfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "verdichten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "stopfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "pressen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "zusammenpressen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "rütteln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "festklopfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "patikóno",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "πατικώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ubijać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ubić"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trambovátʹ",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "трамбова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pack down",
      "word": "apisonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To reduce the intensity of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmírnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce the intensity of",
      "word": "reduzieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce the intensity of",
      "word": "dämpfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce the intensity of",
      "word": "mindern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce the intensity of",
      "word": "abschwächen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce the intensity of",
      "word": "herunterfahren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To reduce the intensity of",
      "word": "unterdrücken"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tamp"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Perhaps confusion with damp.",
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    {
      "form": "tamps",
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    },
    {
      "form": "tamping",
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      "form": "tamped",
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  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Kristina McMorris, The Pieces We Keep:",
          "text": "A single thought tamped her outrage: the chance that Meredith wasn't alone in her suspicions.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Christy Carlyle, Scandalous Wager:",
          "text": "Whatever doubts she struggled with, they hadn't tamped her hunger for him.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Ari Thatcher, Loving Her Alphas:",
          "text": "A small bit of relief tamped her initial trepidation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Jessie Gussman, An Amish Sanctuary:",
          "text": "Lucy bit the inside of her cheek and tamped her anger down.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce the intensity of."
      ],
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        [
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To reduce the intensity of."
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tæmp/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tamp.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æmp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tamp"
}

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