Norwegian Meaning of dam

demning

Other Norwegian words related to demning

Definitions and Meaning of dam in English

Wordnet

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

Wordnet

dam (v)

obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

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