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dampen off

dampen off verb: to become damp, especially too damp for an intended agricultural purpose.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To become damp, especially too damp for an intended agricultural purpose.

Forms of dampen off

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

Questions about dampen off

What does dampen off mean?
Dampen off means to become damp, especially too damp for an intended agricultural purpose.
What part of speech is dampen off?
Dampen off is a verb.
What is the past tense of dampen off?
The past tense of dampen off is dampened off.

Words near dampen off in the dictionary

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

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