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Dam

Dam Definition And Meaning
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.

Dam Definition And Meaning

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

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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