'DAM' definitions:
Definition of 'dam'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Dam'
From: GCIDE
- Dam \Dam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dammed (d[a^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Damming.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- I'll have the current in this place dammed up. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A weight of earth that dams in the water. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. [1913 Webster]
- The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dam'
From: GCIDE
- Dam \Dam\ (d[a^]m), n. [OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame.]
- 1. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. [1913 Webster]
- Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam. --T. L. K. Oliphant. [1913 Webster]
- The dam runs lowing up and down, Looking the way her harmless young one went. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A king or crowned piece in the game of draughts. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dam'
From: GCIDE
- Dam \Dam\, n. [Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm, Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth. Fa['u]rdammjan.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Metal.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. [1913 Webster]
- Dam plate (Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dam'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arch dam,
- arrest,
- artificial lake,
- backstop,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- bar,
- barrage,
- barrier,
- bayou lake,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- bind,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- boom,
- bottle up,
- brake,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- bring to,
- bring up short,
- buffer,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- bung,
- caulk,
- check,
- checkmate,
- chink,
- choke,
- choke off,
- choke up,
- cistern,
- clog,
- clog up,
- cofferdam,
- congest,
- constipate,
- cork,
- countercheck,
- cover,
- curb,
- cut short,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dead water,
- deadlock,
- defense,
- delay,
- detain,
- dike,
- ditch,
- draw rein,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- etang,
- farm pond,
- fence,
- fill,
- fill up,
- fishpond,
- foster mother,
- foul,
- freeze,
- freshwater lake,
- gate,
- genetrix,
- glacial lake,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- halt,
- hinder,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- inland sea,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- keep back,
- keep in check,
- lagoon,
- laguna,
- lake,
- lakelet,
- landlocked water,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- linn,
- loch,
- logjam,
- lough,
- ma,
- mam,
- mama,
- mammy,
- mater,
- materfamilias,
- maternal ancestor,
- matriarch,
- meddle,
- mere,
- milldam,
- millpond,
- millpool,
- moat,
- mole,
- mom,
- mommy,
- mother,
- mound,
- mummy,
- nyanza,
- obstipate,
- obstruct,
- oppose,
- oxbow lake,
- pack,
- parapet,
- plash,
- plug,
- plug up,
- pond,
- pondlet,
- pool,
- portcullis,
- puddle,
- pull up,
- put paid to,
- rampart,
- repress,
- reservoir,
- resist,
- restrain,
- retard,
- roadblock,
- rock-fill dam,
- salina,
- salt pond,
- scotch,
- seawall,
- set back,
- shutter dam,
- slacken,
- snub,
- spile,
- stagnant water,
- stalemate,
- stall,
- stanch,
- standing water,
- stay,
- stem,
- stem the tide,
- stench,
- stepmother,
- still water,
- stone wall,
- stop,
- stop cold,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stop up,
- stopper,
- stopple,
- stuff,
- stuff up,
- sump,
- suppress,
- tank,
- tarn,
- the old woman,
- tidal pond,
- volcanic lake,
- wall,
- water hole,
- water pocket,
- weir,
- well,
- wicket dam,
- work
Acronyms for 'dam'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Debian Account Manager (Linux, Debian)
- Digital Asset Management
- Direct Access Method / Mode (DAM, SAM)
- Distributed Abstract Machine
- Draft AMendment (ISO)
Words containing 'DAM'
- Dammed,
- Damming,
- To dam out,
- dam up,
- Beaver Dam,
- Buchanan Dam,
- Coffer dam,
- Coulee Dam,
- Dam plate,
- Federal Dam,
- Floating dam,
- Foster dam,
- Rubber dam,
- Shamokin Dam,
- high dam,
- hoover dam,
- tai dam,
- tinker's dam,
- Beaver Dam, KY,
- Beaver Dam, WI,
- Buchanan Dam, TX,
- Coulee Dam, WA,
- Federal Dam, MN,
- Shamokin Dam, PA,
- aswan high dam,
- glen canyon dam,
- Bear-trap dam