DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
Dam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dammed p. pr. & vb. n. Damming.]
1. 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.
I'll have the current in this place dammed up. --Shak.
A weight of earth that dams in the water. --Mortimer.
2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
The strait pass was dammed
With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. --Shak.
To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam.
◄ ►
dam
n 1: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
keep out the sea [syn: dike, dyke, levee]
2: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn: decameter,
dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dkm]
3: female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
v : obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the
Yangtse River" [syn: dam up]
[also: damming, dammed]