ALL meanings of dam
dam
D d - countable noun dam A dam is a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water flowing and to make a lake. 3
- verb dam To dam a river means to build a dam across it. 3
- countable noun dam In the breeding of farm animals, an animal's dam is its mother. 3
- noun dam a barrier of concrete, earth, etc, built across a river to create a body of water for a hydroelectric power station, domestic water supply, etc 3
- noun dam a reservoir of water created by such a barrier 3
- noun dam something that resembles or functions as a dam 3
- verb dam to obstruct or restrict by or as if by a dam 3
- noun dam the female parent of an animal, esp of domestic livestock 3
- symbol dam decametre(s) 3
- noun dam (Carl Peter) Henrik (ˈhɛnrəɡ). 1895–1976, Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K (1934): Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1943 3
- noun dam a barrier built to hold back flowing water 3
- noun dam the water thus kept back 3
- noun dam any barrier like a dam, as a rubber sheet used in dentistry to keep a tooth dry 3
- verb transitive dam to build a dam in 3
- verb transitive dam to keep back or confine by or as by a dam 3
- noun dam the female parent of any four-legged animal 3
- noun dam a mother 3
- noun dam Decameter(s). 1
- noun dam water barrier 1
- noun dam animal: female parent 1
- transitive verb dam block flow 1
- noun dam body of water 1
- noun dam (Carl Peter) Henrik [kahrl pee-ter hen-rik;; Danish kahrl pey-tuh r hen-rik] /kɑrl ˈpi tɛr ˈhɛn rɪk;; Danish kɑrl ˈpeɪ tər ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1895–1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1943. 1
- verb with object dam to furnish with a dam; obstruct or confine with a dam. 1
- verb with object dam to stop up; block up. 1
- noun dam A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow. 0
- noun dam (dentistry) A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band. 0
- noun dam (South Africa, Australia) A reservoir. 0
- noun dam A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. 0
- noun dam (India) An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee. 0
- noun dam Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals (correlative to sire). 0
- noun dam A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts. 0
- verb dam To block the flow of water. 0