'Damming' definitions:
Definition of 'Damming'
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]
Words containing 'Damming'
- Dam,
- Dammed,
- 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