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Dam definition

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dammed damming dams
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The female parent of any four-legged, esp. domestic, animal.
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(archaic) A mother.
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To close up; obstruct.

He tried to dam his grief.

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Dam is defined as to create a barrier to hold back liquid.

An example of dam is building a rock wall across a stream.

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The definition of a dam is something that holds back water, or the body of water that is being held.

An example of a dam is rubber sheet put around a tooth to keep it dry during a dental procedure.

An example of a dam is the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in Nevada.

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A body of water controlled by such a barrier.
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A female parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal such as a horse.
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(archaic) A mother.
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To keep back or confine by or as by a dam.
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A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow.

A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.

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(dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
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(South Africa) A reservoir.
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A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
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To block the flow of water.
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Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (correlative to sire).
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A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
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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.
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A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or raise the level of water.
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To hold back or confine by means of a dam.
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Decameter.
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A barrier built to hold back flowing water.
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The water thus kept back.
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Any barrier like a dam, as a rubber sheet used in dentistry to keep a tooth dry.
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To build a dam in.
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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.
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A female parent of an animal, especially a domesticated mammal such as a horse.
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(Digital Asset Management) Keeping track of the digital assets of an organization. Companies have come to own a huge amount of digitally created material that needs to be stored, cataloged and easily retrieved. See DAMS.
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Noun

Singular:
dam
Plural:
DAMS

Origin of dam

  • Middle English dam, dame lady, mother dame

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle Dutch, Middle Low German dam, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.

    From Wiktionary

  • Variant of dame.

    From Wiktionary

Dam Sentence Examples

  • The rest was blocked, as if a dam was placed there.

  • Dolokhov who was in the midst of the crowd forced his way to the edge of the dam, throwing two soldiers off their feet, and ran onto the slippery ice that covered the millpool.

  • The dam differs in shape according to the nature of particular localities.

  • She clamped a hand over her mouth to dam the frustration.

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