tamp
21tamp — verb (transitive always + adv/prep) also tamp down to press or push something down by lightly hitting it several times: “Ah well, ” sighed Papa, absently tamping the tobacco down in his pipe …
22tamp — /tæmp / (say tamp) verb (t) 1. to force in or down by repeated, somewhat light strokes. 2. (in blasting) to fill (the hole made by the drill) with earth, etc., after the powder or explosive has been introduced. {apparently related to tampion} …
23tamp down — tamp UK [tæmp] / US or tamp down UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms tamp : present tense I/you/we/they tamp he/she/it tamps present participle tamping past tense tamped past participle tamped to press a substance down by hitting it several… …
24tamp down — verb press down tightly tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso • Syn: ↑tamp, ↑pack • Derivationally related forms: ↑tamper (for: ↑tamp), ↑tamp ( …
25tamp down — UK US tamp down Phrasal Verb with tamp({{}}/tæmp/ verb ► [T] to reduce the amount, level, size, or importance of something: »As the price of gasoline rose above $3 a gallon, consumers cut their spending elsewhere, tamping down profits in retail,… …
26Tamp — A tamper is a device used to compact or flatten an aggregate, typically to make it resistant to further compression. Some examples are small, handheld tampers to compress ground coffee into a puck in the preparation of espresso, manual or powered …
27Tamp — Tạmp 〈m. 1; Mar.〉 = Tampen * * * Tạmp, der; s, e (selten): Tampen …
28tâmp — adj. m., pl. tấmpi; f. sg. tấmpã, pl. tấmpe …
29tamp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. punch, pound, stamp. See impulse. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. pack, pound down, push down …
30Tamp — Tạmp 〈m.; Gen.: (e)s, Pl.: e; Mar.〉 = Tampen …
