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dam
a barrier built to hold back water and raise its level; block up; obstruct: The beaver’s dam caused the field to flood.
Not to be confused with:
damn – an uttered curse; to doom to hell; condemn; censure: Damn the act, not the person.; commend without enthusiasm: damn with faint praise; a bit: not worth a damn
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dam 1
(dăm)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.
[Middle English.]
dam′mer n.
dam 2
(dăm)n.
1. A female parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal such as a horse.
2. Archaic A mother.
[Middle English dam, dame, lady, mother; see dame.]
dam 3
abbr.
decameter
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dam
(dæm)n
1. (Civil Engineering) 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. (Civil Engineering) a reservoir of water created by such a barrier
3. something that resembles or functions as a dam
vb, dams, damming or dammed
(often foll by: up) to obstruct or restrict by or as if by a dam
[C12: probably from Middle Low German; compare Old Icelandic damma to block up]
dam
(dæm)n
(Breeds) the female parent of an animal, esp of domestic livestock
[C13: variant of dame]
dam
(dæm)interj, adv, adj
dam
symbol for
(Units) decametre(s)
Dam
(Danish dam)n
(Biography) (Carl Peter) Henrik (ˈhɛnrəɡ). 1895–1976, Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K (1934): Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1943
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dam1
(dæm)n., v. dammed, dam•ming. n.
1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
2. a body of water confined by a dam.
3. any barrier resembling a dam.
v.t. 4. to furnish with a dam; obstruct or confine with a dam.
5. to stop up; block up.
[1275–1325; Middle English < Middle Dutch, Middle Low German dam; akin to Old English for-demman to stop up, block]
dam2
(dæm)n.
a female parent (used esp. of four-footed domestic animals).
[1250–1300; Middle English; variant of dame]
dam
dekameter.
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dam
Past participle: dammed
Gerund: damming
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| Noun | 1. | dam - a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement milldam - dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill weir - a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow |
| 2. | dam - a metric unit of length equal to ten meters metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms | |
| 3. | dam - female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock female - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) | |
| Verb | 1. | dam - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" |
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dam
noun
1. barrier, wall, barrage, obstruction, embankment, hindrance They went ahead with plans to build a dam across the river.
verb
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Translations
سَدسَدّماء السَّديَحجِز بواسِطة سَد
přehradahrázpřehraditpřehradní jezero
dæmningdigeopdæmme
tamm
pato
branagatnasip
gátgátat emel
stíflauppistöîulón
ダム
댐
užtvenktas vanduoužtvenkti
aizdambējuma ūdensaizdambētaizsprostotaizsprostsdambis
priehradné jazero
jez
branagatnasip
damm
เขื่อน
đập ngăn nước
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dam
(dӕm) noun1. a bank or wall of earth, concrete etc to keep back water. A new dam was being built at the mouth of the valley.
2. the water kept back.
verb – past tense, past participle dammed – (sometimes with up) – to hold back by means of a dam. The river has been dammed up.
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dam
→ سَدّ přehrada dæmning Damm φράγμα dique, embalse pato barrage brana diga ダム 댐 dam demning tama represa плотина damm เขื่อน baraj đập ngăn nước 水坝Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
dam
n. acción de detener, estancar, tapar.
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