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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

damp down en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) to reduce the intensity of (a fire)
  2. (transitive) to reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem)
    • Two years after England’s World Cup victory, Stiles was at Wembley again to help Manchester United become the first English team to win the European Cup final. Again Eusébio was one of his opponents, playing for Benfica, and again Stiles was detailed to keep him quiet. Although he was not as comprehensively successful in damping down his man the second time around, he still did a perfectly satisfactory job – and United won 4-1. 2020 October 30, Brian Glanville, “Nobby Stiles obituary”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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damped down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
damped down Tense=Past lexicographic
damping down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
damps down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic