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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dam, dike, dykenoun

    a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

  2. decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkmnoun

    a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

  3. damverb

    female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

  4. dam, dam upverb

    obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

    "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Damnoun

    Etymology: from dame, which formerly signified mother.

    Had Nero never been an emperour, shulde never his dame have beslaine. Geoffrey Chaucer.

    The dam runs lowing up and down,
    Looking the way her harmless young one went,
    And can do nought but wail her darling loss. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

    Mother, says a sick kite, give over lamentations, and let me have your prayers: alas, my child, says the dam, which of the gods shall I go to? Roger L'Estrange, Fab. 17.

    They bring but one morsel of meat at a time, and have not fewer, it may be, than seven or eight young in the nest together, which, at the return of their dams, do all at once, with equal greediness, hold up their heads and gape. John Ray.

    This brat is none of mine;
    It is the issue of Polixena:
    Hence with it, and, together with the dam,
    Commit them to the fire. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

  2. Damnoun

    A mole or bank to confine water.

    Etymology: dam, Dutch.

    As when the sea breaks o’er its bounds,
    And overflows the level grounds,
    Those banks and dams, that like a skreen
    Did keep it out, now keep it in. Hudibras, p. ii. cant. 2.

    Not with so fierce a rage the foaming flood
    Roars, when he finds his rapid course withstood;
    Bears down the dams with unresisted sway,
    And sweeps the cattle and the cots away. John Dryden, Æneis.

    Let loose the reins to all your wat’ry store,
    Bear down the dams, and open every door. Dryden.

    The inside of the dam must be very smooth and streight; and if it is made very sloping on each side, it is the better. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

  3. To DAMverb

    Etymology: demman, foredemman, Saxon; dammen, Dut.

    I’ll have the current in this place damm’d up;
    And here the smug and silver Trent shall run
    In a new channel, fair and evenly. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI. p. ii.

    Home I would go,
    But that my doors are hateful to my eyes,
    Fill’d and damm’d up with gaping creditors,
    Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring. Thomas Otway.

    Boggy lands are fed by springs, pent by a weight of earth, that dams in the water, and causes it to spread in the ground, so far as the earth is soft. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    ’Tis you must drive that trouble from your soul;
    As streams, when damm’d, forget their ancient current.
    And wond’ring at their banks in other channels flow. Smith.

    The more thou damm’st it up, the more it burns. William Shakespeare.

    Moon! if your influence be quite damm’d up
    With black usurping mists, some gentle taper,
    Though a rush-candle from the wicker hole
    Of some clay habitation, visit us
    With thy long levell’d rule of streaming light. John Milton.

Wikipedia

  1. Dam

    A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability. Hydropower is often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect or store water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. The earliest known dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan, dating to 3,000 BC. The word dam can be traced back to Middle English, and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old cities, such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

ChatGPT

  1. dam

    A dam is a barrier or structure constructed across a river or stream to hold back water for purposes such as irrigation, flood control, hydroelectric power generation, water supply, or creating recreational areas. These structures are usually made of earth, rock, concrete, or other solid materials and may be of varying sizes, ranging from small to large scale.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Damnoun

    a female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother

  2. Damnoun

    a kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts

  3. Damnoun

    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

  4. Damnoun

    a firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace

  5. Damverb

    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

  6. Damverb

    to shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain

  7. Etymology: [OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame.]

Wikidata

  1. Dam

    A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dam

    dam, n. an embankment to restrain water: the water thus confined.—v.t. to keep back water by a bank:—pr.p. dam′ming; pa.p. dammed. [Teut.; Dut. dam, Ger. damm, &c.]

  2. Dam

    dam, n. a mother, applied to quadrupeds. [A form of dame.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. dam

    A barrier of stones, stakes, or rubble, constructed to stop or impede the course of a stream. (See INUNDATIONS and FLOATING DAM.)

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DAM

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dam is ranked #10114 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dam surname appeared 3,186 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Dam.

    76.1% or 2,427 total occurrences were Asian.
    19.1% or 609 total occurrences were White.
    1.9% or 61 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.8% or 59 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 25 total occurrences were Black.
    0.1% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DAM in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DAM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of DAM in a Sentence

  1. Brian Eyler:

    Either Beijing is lying or their dam operators are lying to them. Somewhere, someone isn't telling the truth.

  2. Historical Association:

    Jackie Kennedy was helpful in getting the Temple of Dendur given as a gift( to the Met) from Egypt after the United States helped save it from being flooded by the Aswan Dam, and Jackie Kennedy also facilitated having( Leonardo da Vinci's) the Mona Lisa there from Paris.

  3. Mark Bone:

    Never in my whole life have we seen the dam fail, it flooded real bad in '86, but never like this.

  4. Andrea Barrio:

    Our breasts normally drain fluid, like water flowing through a river, a tumor can almost be like a dam.

  5. Thaung Tun:

    There's no need for this dam now.

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