dam

Definition of Dam in English :

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Noun

1. dam, dike, dyke

a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

dike
dyke

2. dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm

a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

3. dam

female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

Verb

4. dam, dam up

obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

Example Sentences:
'dam the gorges of the Yangtse River'

dam up

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dam

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noun

1.

a barrier of concrete, earth, etc, built across a river to create a body of water for a hydroelectric power station, domestic water supply, etc

2.

a reservoir of water created by such a barrier

3.

something that resembles or functions as a dam

verbWord forms: dams, damming or dammed

4. (transitive; often foll by up)

to obstruct or restrict by or as if by a dam

noun

the female parent of an animal, esp of domestic livestock

exclamation, adverb, adjective

(often used in combination) a variant spelling of damn (sense 1), damn (sense 2), damn (sense 3), damn (sense 4)

damfool

dammit

symbol for

decametre(s)

noun

(Carl Peter) Henrik (ˈhɛnrəɡ). 1895–1976, Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K (1934): Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1943

Dam

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noun

1.

a barrier built to hold back flowing water

2.

the water thus kept back

3.

any barrier like a dam, as a rubber sheet used in dentistry to keep a tooth dry

verb transitiveWord forms: dammed or ˈdamming

4.

to build a dam in

5.

to keep back or confine by or as by a dam

usually with up

noun

1.

the female parent of any four-legged animal

2. Archaic

a mother

Dam

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n.

1.

a. A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or raise the level of water.

b. A body of water controlled by such a barrier.

2. A barrier against the passage of liquid or loose material, as a rubber sheet used in dentistry to isolate one or more teeth from the rest of the mouth.

tr.v. dammed, dam·ming, dams

1. To hold back or confine by means of a dam.

2. To close up; obstruct: He tried to dam his grief.

n.

1. A female parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal such as a horse.

2. Archaic A mother.

abbr.

decameter

Danish biochemist. He shared a 1943 Nobel Prize for the discovery of vitamin K.

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