dam
[noun]
Synonyms:
- barrier, barrage, embankment, obstruction, wall
[verb]
Synonyms:
- block up, barricade, hold back, obstruct, restrict

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Contrasted words: air, express, utter, vent
Related Words: repress, suppress

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I. dam¹ /dæm/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Middle Dutch]

1. a special wall built across a river or stream to stop the water from flowing, especially in order to make a lake or produce electricity

2. technical the mother of a four-legged animal, especially a horse

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II. dam² verb (past tense and past participle dammed, present participle damming) [transitive] (also dam up)

1. to stop the water in a river or stream from flowing by building a special wall across it

2. to stop something from being expressed or continuing:
Once she allowed her anger to show, it could not be dammed up again.

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dam
noun
ADJ. hydroelectric
VERB + DAM build, construct | breach The dam has been breached and there is a danger of flooding.
DAM + VERB burst The dam burst and the valley was flooded.
hold sth back The dam holds back the water.
PREP. ~ across/on a large hydroelectric dam on the River Danube

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dam
̈ɪdæm
See: water over the dam

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DAM
Dumb Assed Maneuver

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