dam
Other forms: dams; dammed; damming
A barrier built to block the flow of water is called a dam. If you walk along a stream, you can see where beavers have built a dam out of mud and logs.
As a verb, dam means to obstruct or blockade as with a dam. If the kids you're babysitting dam up the bathtub drain when you're not paying attention, the water might overflow and cause a waterfall into the living room downstairs. But water isn't the only thing that can be dammed. You shouldn't dam up your emotions — go ahead and scream if you need to.
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a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the seaexamples:Aswan High Damone of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern EgyptGlen Canyon Dama large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in ArizonaHoover Dama large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevadatypes:milldamdam to make a millpond to provide power for a water millweira low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flowtype of:barriera structure or object that impedes free movement
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obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
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a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
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female parent of an animal especially domestic livestocktype of:femalean animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
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