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dampen down

dampen down verb: to reduce the intensity of (a fire).

Verb

dampen down (third-person singular simple present dampens down, present participle dampening down, simple past and past participle dampened down)

  1. (transitive) to reduce the intensity of (a fire)
  2. (transitive) to reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem)

Forms of dampen down

third-person singular presentdampens down
present participledampening down
past participledampened down
pastdampened down

Questions about dampen down

What does dampen down mean?
Dampen down means to reduce the intensity of (a fire).
What part of speech is dampen down?
Dampen down is a verb.
What is the past tense of dampen down?
The past tense of dampen down is dampened down.

Words near dampen down in the dictionary

  1. Dampalan
  2. damped
  3. damped down
  4. damped off
  5. dampen
  6. dampen down
  7. dampen off
  8. dampened
  9. dampened down
  10. dampened off
  11. dampener

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