dam¹ /dam/

1. An embankment to restrain water
2. The water so confined
3. A millstream (Scot)
4. A restraint (figurative)

1. To keep back by a bank
2. To restrain (eg tears or an emotion) (figurative)

• staircasing
• staircasings
• staired
• stairfoot
• stairfoots
• stairhead
• stairheads
• stairlift
• stairlifts
• stair rod
• stair rods
• stairs
• stairway
• stairways
• stairwell
• stairwells
• stairwise
• stairwork
• stairworks
• staith
• staithe
• staithes
• staiths
• stake
• stake a claim