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dam1    Audio Help   [dam] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, dammed, dam·ming.
–noun
1.a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
2.a body of water confined by a dam.
3.any barrier resembling a dam.
–verb (used with object)
4.to furnish with a dam; obstruct or confine with a dam.
5.to stop up; block up.
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME < MD, MLG, dam; akin to OE for-demman to stop up, block]

—Synonyms 5. impede, clog, check, choke.
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dam 1    Audio Help   (dām)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or raise the level of water.
    2. A body of water controlled by such a barrier.
  2. A barrier against the passage of liquid or loose material, as a rubber sheet used in dentistry to isolate one or more teeth from the rest of the mouth.
  3. An obstruction; a hindrance.

tr.v.   dammed, dam·ming, dams
  1. To hold back or confine by means of a dam.
  2. To close up; obstruct: He tried to dam his grief. See Synonyms at hinder1.


[Middle English.]

dam'mer n.
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