dammed

Variant of dam

dam definition

dam (dam)

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

Etymology: ME < Gmc base seen in MLowG, MDu dam, ON dammr, MHG tam, Goth faur-dammjan, to stop up < IE base *dhē, to set, put in place > do, L facere

transitive verb dammed, damming dam′·ming

  1. to build a dam in
  2. to keep back or confine by or as by a dam: usually with up

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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