Canadian English Meaning of dam
dam
Other Canadian English words related to dam
Nearest Words of dam
- dalton's law of partial pressures => Dalton's law of partial pressures
- dalton's law => Dalton's law
- daltonism => Colour blindness
- daltonian => Colour blindness
- dalton trumbo => Dalton Trumbo
- dalton => dalton
- dalo => Taro
- dalmatica => Dalmatic
- dalmatic => dalmatic
- dalmatian pyrethrum => Dalmatian pyrethrum
Definitions and Meaning of dam in English
dam (n)
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
dam (v)
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
dam (n.)
A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
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.
A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
dam (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.
To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
FAQs About the word dam
dam
a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea, a metric unit of length equal to ten meters, female parent of an animal especially do
embankment,Levee,Barrier,canal,dike,head,lock,Rampart,weir,Barrage
clear,excavate,free,hollow (out),open up,unplug,empty,lighten,scoop out,unblock
dalton's law of partial pressures => Dalton's law of partial pressures, dalton's law => Dalton's law, daltonism => Colour blindness, daltonian => Colour blindness, dalton trumbo => Dalton Trumbo,
