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dam

(dæm)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense dams, present participle damming, past tense, past participle dammed
1. countable noun
A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake.
...plans to build a dam on the Danube River.
...the Aswan Dam.
Synonyms: barrier, wall, barrage, obstruction More Synonyms of dam
2. verb
To dam a river means to build a dam across it.
...plans to dam the nearby Delaware River. [VERB noun]
This reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: block up, block, hold in, restrict More Synonyms of dam
3. countable noun [usually with poss]
In the breeding of farm animals, an animal's dam is its mother.
[technical]

dam in British English 1

(dæm)
noun
1. 
a barrier of concrete, earth, etc, built across a river to create a body of water for a hydroelectric power station, domestic water supply, etc
2. 
a reservoir of water created by such a barrier
3. 
something that resembles or functions as a dam
verbWord forms: dams, damming or dammed
4. (transitive; often foll by up)
to obstruct or restrict by or as if by a dam
Word origin
C12: probably from Middle Low German; compare Old Icelandic damma to block up

dam in British English 2

(dæm)
noun
the female parent of an animal, esp of domestic livestock
Word origin
C13: variant of dame

dam in British English 3

(dæm)
exclamation, adverb, adjective
(often used in combination) a variant spelling of damn (sense 1), damn (sense 2), damn (sense 3), damn (sense 4)
damfool
dammit

dam in British English 4

symbol for
decametre(s)

Dam in British English

(Danish dam)
noun
(Carl Peter) Henrik (ˈhɛnrəɡ). 1895–1976, Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K (1934): Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1943

dam in American English 1

(dæm)
noun
1. 
a barrier built to hold back flowing water
2. 
the water thus kept back
3. 
any barrier like a dam, as a rubber sheet used in dentistry to keep a tooth dry
verb transitiveWord forms: dammed or ˈdamming
4. 
to build a dam in
5. 
to keep back or confine by or as by a dam
usually with up
Word origin
ME < Gmc base seen in MLowG, MDu dam, ON dammr, MHG tam, Goth faur-dammjan, to stop up < IE base *dhē, to set, put in place > do1, L facere

dam in American English 2

(dæm)
noun
1. 
the female parent of any four-legged animal
2.  Archaic
a mother
Word origin
ME, var. of dame, dame

More idioms containing
dam

water over the dam

Examples of 'dam' in a sentence
dam

The reaction to the video was like a dam bursting.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The try was the moment when the Australian dam burst.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Before long the five-man dam burst.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The dam breached, more flowed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
 Huge dams are cutting a swathe across the tropical landscape.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Others made lucky escapes by diving into dams and local reservoirs.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The dam burst just before the hour.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The dam wall will not collapse overnight.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They plan to blow up a hydroelectric dam that has caused untold environmental damage.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They build dams on streams less than ten metres wide that block the streams.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It may well be that a dam has burst.
The Sun (2014)
It burst a dam in my soul.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We used to build dams across a stream at the bottom of the garden and go on little expeditions.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We should be building tidal barriers and dams and reservoirs to control the flow of rivers through downstream urban areas.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is on the dam's lake that he has done most of his training.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Why might Britain need so many new dams?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The downside is that reservoirs and dams are big, intrusive and expensive.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Mountain peaks are brown instead of white, lakes are drying up and hydroelectric dams sit idle.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Sadly, much of it will soon be flooded when a new dam is completed.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
Millions stopped farming; millions more were made to labour on reservoirs and dams.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It would just happen, as bad things happen to animals that live where humans build hydroelectric dams.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In a surreal moment we took the opportunity for a dip in the lake at the dam, again a spot of outstanding beauty.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is the moment for Westwood and Co finally to breach the dam.
The Sun (2011)
Comment -'If you build a big dam across a river you can use it as a road transport link as well.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This time, the ice age is ending and the animals realise a huge glacial dam is about to flood their valley, making them all extinct.
The Sun (2006)
I doubt there is a 12-year-old in this country who hasn't thought of building a huge dam or a lost civilisation in a pit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
dam

British English: dam /dæm/ NOUN
A dam is a wall built across a river to stop the flow of the water and make a lake.
Before the dam was built, the river used to flood.
  • American English: dam
  • Arabic: سَدّ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: represa
  • Chinese: 水坝
  • Croatian: brana
  • Czech: přehrada
  • Danish: dæmning
  • Dutch: dam stuwdam
  • European Spanish: dique
  • Finnish: pato
  • French: barrage
  • German: Damm
  • Greek: φράγμα
  • Italian: diga
  • Japanese: ダム
  • Korean: 댐
  • Norwegian: demning
  • Polish: tama
  • European Portuguese: represa
  • Romanian: baraj
  • Russian: плотина
  • Latin American Spanish: embalse
  • Swedish: damm fördämning
  • Thai: เขื่อน
  • Turkish: baraj
  • Ukrainian: гребля
  • Vietnamese: đập ngăn nước

Chinese translation of 'dam'

dam

(dæm)

n (c)

  1. (on river) 水坝(壩) (shuǐbà) (个(個), gè)

vt

  1. [river] 建水坝(壩)于(於) (jiàn shuǐbà yú)
(noun) 
Definition
a barrier built across a river to create a lake
They went ahead with plans to build a dam across the river.
Synonyms
barrier
The demonstrators broke through the heavy police barriers.
wall
I appealed for help but met the usual wall of silence.
barrage
a hydro-electric tidal barrage
obstruction
drivers parking near his house and causing an obstruction
embankment
hindrance
Higher rates have been a hindrance to economic recovery.
(verb) 
Definition
to block up (a river) by a dam
The reservoir was formed by damming the River Blith.
Synonyms
block up
block
When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.
hold in
restrict
check
confine
choke
The village roads are choked with traffic.
hold back
barricade
The doors had been barricaded.
obstruct
Drivers who park illegally obstruct the flow of traffic.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of barrage
a hydro-electric tidal barrage
Synonyms
barrier,
wall,
dam,
obstruction,
embankment
in the sense of barricade
Definition
to erect a barricade across (an entrance)
The doors had been barricaded.
Synonyms
bar,
block,
defend,
secure,
lock,
bolt,
blockade,
fortify,
fasten,
latch,
obstruct
in the sense of block
Definition
to obstruct or impede by introducing an obstacle
When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.
Synonyms
obstruct,
close,
stop,
cut off,
plug,
choke,
clog,
shut off,
stop up,
bung up (informal)

Synonyms of 'dam'

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