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Proficiency: GOLD UNIT 9 VOCABULARY 11

11.- dew dampened

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dew      
    dew  
Dew is small drops of water that form on the ground and other surfaces outdoors during the night.
   The dew gathered on the leaves.
N-UNCOUNT
damp      
    1 damp   damper   dampest  
Something that is damp is slightly wet.
   Her hair was still damp.
   ...the damp, cold air...
   She wiped the table with a damp cloth.
ADJ-GRADED  
= moist  
    2 damp  
Damp is moisture that is found on the inside walls of a house or in the air.
   There was damp everywhere and the entire building was in need of rewiring.
N-UNCOUNT  

   See also rising damp.
    3 damp   damps   damping   damped  
If you damp something, you make it slightly wet.
   Hillsden damped a hand towel and laid it across her forehead.
VB  
= dampen  
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