Antonyms for tamped

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : tamp

Phonetic Transcription : tæmp

Definition of tamped

Origin : 1819, "to fill (a hole containing an explosive) with dirt or clay before blasting," a workmen's word, perhaps a back-formation from tampion, that word being mistaken as a present participle (*tamping).

As in beaten : adj forged
As in jam : verb squeeze in; compress
As in pack : verb fill, compact
As in ram : verb bang into; pack forcibly
As in cram : verb fill to overflowing; compress

Example sentences :

The concrete is tamped, struck off to shape and smoothed with the belt at one operation.
Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg

The stones are carefully tamped to place and covered with chips which are also tamped.
Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg

The wearing surface mixture is then prepared and tamped or rolled into place.
Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg

They found a willow switch and tamped a handkerchief into the wound.
Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

Then loose ice was tamped in around to make the stakes hold.
Extract from : « The Young Treasure Hunter » by Frank V. Webster

A batch made up as follows, tamped in place to a volume of 30 cu.
Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

He grinned, and tamped and relighted the tobacco in his pipe.
Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst

When the hole was filled to the brim she tamped it down with her head.
Extract from : « In the Open » by Stanton Davis Kirkham

It was low, and the chinks between the logs were tamped with moss.
Extract from : « A Busy Year at the Old Squire's » by Charles Asbury Stephens

He tamped down the tobacco in his pipe and puffed it meditatively.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

Synonyms for tamped

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