dam


Definition: Meaning of, dam in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dam /

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dam dams
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  1. a special wall built across a river or stream to stop the water from flowing, especially in order to make a lake or produce electricity
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  2. technical the mother of a four-legged animal, especially a horse
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
dam dammed dammed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
damming dams
[transitive] also dam up
  1. to stop the water in a river or stream from flowing by building a special wall across it
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  2. to stop something from being expressed or continuing
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dam used in phrases

  • Aswan High Dam
    1. a DAM built across the River Nile in southern Egypt. It is one of the largest DAMs in the world and is used to produce electricity and provide water for farming
  • Boulder Dam
    1. the former name for the HOOVER DAM
  • Glen Canyon Dam (noun)
    1. a large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in Arizona
  • High Dam (noun)
    1. one of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt
  • Hoover Dam
    1. a DAM on the COLORADO RIVER on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It supplies electricity and water to several states, and is one of the tallest DAMs in the world. It was formerly known as Boulder Dam .
  • Kariba Dam
    1. the Kariba Dam one of the world's biggest DAM s (= a large wall built across a river or lake), built across the Zambezi river in southern Africa
  • Tai Dam (noun)
    1. a branch of the Tai languages
  • dam up (verb)
    1. obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
  • tinker's dam (noun)
    1. something of little value
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