'DAM' definitions:

Definition of 'dam'

From: WordNet
noun
A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea [syn: dam, dike, dyke]
noun
A metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn: decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkm]
noun
Female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
verb
Obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" [syn: dam, dam up]

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

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)