Definition of Dam
1. Noun. A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea.
Specialized synonyms: Aswan High Dam, High Dam, Glen Canyon Dam, Hoover Dam
Generic synonyms: Barrier
Specialized synonyms: Milldam, Weir
Derivative terms: Dike, Dyke
2. Verb. Obstruct with, or as if with, a dam. "Dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"
3. Noun. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters.
Generic synonyms: Metric Linear Unit
Terms within: M, Meter, Metre
Group relationships: Hectometer, Hectometre, Hm
4. Noun. Female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock.
Definition of Dam
1. n. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
2. n. 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.
3. v. t. 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.
Definition of Dam
1. to build a barrier to obstruct the flow of water [v DAMMED, DAMMING, DAMS]
Medical Definition of Dam
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1. A female parent; used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. "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) "The dam runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her harmless young one went." (Shak)
2. A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
Origin: OE. Dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame.
1. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; especially, 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.
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