English dictionary

dam

/d/&/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

noun.artifact

Synonyms dike dyke

Source: WordNet 3.0
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

noun.quantity

Synonyms decameter decametre dekameter dekametre dkm

Source: WordNet 3.0
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

noun

Source: webster1913
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.

noun

Source: webster1913

obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

verb.contact

Examples
Dam the gorges of the Yangtse River.

Synonyms dam up

Source: WordNet 3.0
To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with <i>in</i> or <i>up</i>.

verb

Source: webster1913