Dampen
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen. To become damp; to deaden.
Wash
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To clean with water.To move by the force of water in motion (as in the flood washed away houses).To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water.(intransitive) To clean oneself with water.(intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.A liquid used for washing.The quantity of clothes washed at a time.The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.The wake of a moving ship.The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.Ground washed away to the sea or a river.A shallow body of water.In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo; wadiA lack of progress or regress; no change
Example sentence: Most days it feels as if the world is whirling around me and I am standing still. In slow motion, I watch the colors blur; people and faces all become a massive wash.