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dam

1  [dam] noun, verb, dammed, dam⋅ming.
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–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   (dām)   
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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Word Origin & History

dam  (1)
"water barrier," c.1325, probably from O.N. dammr or M.Du. dam, both from P.Gmc. *dammaz, of unknown origin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dam
Function: abbreviation
dekameter
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Dam (dām, däm), (Carl Peter) Henrik. 1895-1976.

Danish biochemist. He shared a 1943 Nobel Prize for the discovery of vitamin K.

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