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dam [dam.] : dam (n.)
[ Etymology: English: dam ]

Derivatives of dam


Glosses:
dam
n. (artifact)1. dam, dike, dykea barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea.
~ aswan high dam, high damone of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt.
~ barriera structure or object that impedes free movement.
~ glen canyon dama large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in Arizona.
~ hoover dama large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada.
~ milldamdam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill.
~ weira low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow.
n. (quantity)2. dam, decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkma metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
~ metric linear unita linear unit of distance in metric terms.
~ m, meter, metrethe basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards).
~ hectometer, hectometre, hma metric unit of length equal to 100 meters.
n. (animal)3. damfemale parent of an animal especially domestic livestock.
~ femalean animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa).
v. (contact)4. dam, dam upobstruct with, or as if with, a dam.; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"
~ obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, blockblock passage through.; "obstruct the path"