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Dam Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Dam?
[n] female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
[n] a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea [n] a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [v] obstruct with, or as if with, a dam Synonyms | Synonyms for Dam: dam up | decameter | decametre | dekameter | dekametre | dike | dkm | dyke | levee Related Terms | Find terms related to Dam: arch dam | arrest | artificial lake | backstop | bamboo curtain | bank | bar | barrage | barrier | bayou lake | bear-trap dam | beaver dam | bind | block | block up | blockade | boom | bottle up | brake | breakwater | breastwork | brick wall | bring to | bring up short | buffer | bulkhead | bulwark | bung | caulk | check | checkmate | chink | choke | choke off | choke up | cistern | clog | clog up | cofferdam | congest | constipate | cork | countercheck | cover | curb | cut short | dam up | damp | dampen | dead water | deadlock | defense | delay | detain | dike | ditch | draw rein | earthwork | embankment | etang | farm pond | fence | fill | fill up | fishpond | foster mother | foul | freeze | freshwater lake | gate | genetrix | glacial lake | gravity dam | groin | halt | hinder | hold back | hold in check | hold up | hydraulic-fill dam | impede | inhibit | inland sea | intercept | interfere | intermeddle | interrupt | intervene | iron curtain | jam | jetty | keep back | keep in check | lagoon | laguna | lake | lakelet | landlocked water | leaping weir | levee | linn | loch | logjam | lough | ma | mam | mama | mammy | mater | materfamilias | maternal ancestor | matriarch | meddle | mere | milldam | millpond | millpool | moat | mole | mom | mommy | mother | mound | mummy | nyanza | obstipate | obstruct | oppose | oxbow lake | pack | parapet | plash | plug | plug up | pond | pondlet | pool | portcullis | puddle | pull up | put paid to | rampart | repress | reservoir | resist | restrain | retard | roadblock | rock-fill dam | salina | salt pond | scotch | seawall | set back | shutter dam | slacken | snub | spile | stagnant water | stalemate | stall | stanch | standing water | stay | stem | stem the tide | stench | stepmother | still water | stone wall | stop | stop cold | stop dead | stop short | stop up | stopper | stopple | stuff | stuff up | sump | suppress | tank | tarn | the old woman | tidal pond | volcanic lake | wall | water hole | water pocket | weir | well | wicket dam | work See Also | Aswan Dam | Aswan High Dam | barrier | block | close up | female | hectometer | hectometre | High Dam | hm | Hoover Dam | impede | jam | m | meter | metre | metric linear unit | milldam | obstruct | obturate | occlude | weir Dam In Webster's Dictionary \Dam\, n. [OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See
{Dame}.]
1. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of
quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human
mother.
Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a
relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used
of a hen; we now make a great difference between
dame and dam. --T. L. K.
Oliphant.
The dam runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her
harmless young one went. --Shak.
2. A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
\Dam\, n. [Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm, Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth. Fa['u]rdammjan.] 1. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water. 2. (Metal.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. {Dam plate} (Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it. \Dam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Damming}.] 1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up. I'll have the current in this place dammed up. --Shak. A weight of earth that dams in the water. --Mortimer. 2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. --Shak. {To dam out}, to keep out by means of a dam. |
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