Dutch Meaning of dam
dam
Other Dutch words related to dam
Nearest Words of dam
- dalton's law of partial pressures => Wet van Dalton over partiële drukken
- dalton's law => Wet van Dalton
- daltonism => Kleurenblindheid
- daltonian => Kleurenblindheid
- dalton trumbo => Dalton Trumbo
- dalton => dalton
- dalo => Taro
- dalmatica => Dalmatiek
- dalmatic => dalmatiek
- dalmatian pyrethrum => Dalmatische kamille
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
talud,Dijk,Barrière,kanaal,dijk,hoofd,slot,Wal,stuwdam,Vuurlinie
duidelijk,uitgraven,gratis,hol (van binnen),openen,loskoppelen,leeg,lichter maken,uitscheppen (uit),deblokkeren
dalton's law of partial pressures => Wet van Dalton over partiële drukken, dalton's law => Wet van Dalton, daltonism => Kleurenblindheid, daltonian => Kleurenblindheid, dalton trumbo => Dalton Trumbo,