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1. (n.) dam
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
2. dam
a body of water confined by a dam.
3. dam
any barrier resembling a dam.
4. (v.t.) dam
to furnish with a dam; obstruct or confine with a dam.
5. dam
to stop up; block up.
6. (n.) dam
a female parent (used esp. of four-footed domestic animals).
7. dam
dekameter.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) dam, dike, dyke
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
2. (noun) decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkm
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
3. (verb) dam
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
4. (verb) dam, dam up
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
"dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"
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1. (noun) dam
a structure to block the flow of a river
2. (verb) dam
to build a dam
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) dam
a female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother
2. (noun) dam
a kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts
3. (noun) dam
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. (noun) dam
a firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace
5. (verb) dam
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. (verb) dam
to shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain
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Sense: a bank or wall of earth, concrete etc to keep back water
A new dam was being built at the mouth of the valley.
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 Afrikaans: damwal |
 Arabic: سَد |
 Bulgarian: бент |
 Brazilian: represa |
 Czech: hráz; přehrada |
 German: der Staudamm |
 Danish: dæmning; dige |
 Greek: φράγμα |
 Spanish: dique |
 Estonian: tamm |
 Farsi: سد |
 Finnish: pato |
 French: barrage |
 Hebrew: סֶכֶר |
 Hindi: बांध |
 Croatian: nasip, brana |
 Hungarian: (védő)gát |
 Indonesian: bendungan |
 Icelandic: stífla |
 Italian: barriera, diga |
 Japanese: ダム |
 Korean: 댐 |
 Lithuanian: užtvanka |
 Latvian: dambis; aizsprosts |
 Malay: empangan |
 Dutch: dam |
 Norwegian: demning, dike |
 Polish: tama |
 Persian: سد |
 Pashto: بند |
 Portuguese: represa |
 Romanian: baraj |
 Russian: плотина |
 Slovak: hrádza; priehrada |
 Slovenian: jez |
 Serbian: brana |
 Swedish: fördämning |
 Thai: เขื่อน |
 Turkish: baraj, bend |
 Taiwanese: 堤壩 |
 Ukrainian: дамба; гребля |
 Urdu: پانی کے بہاؤ کو روکنے کے |
 Vietnamese: đập nước |
 Chinese: 堤坝 |
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