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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 damming
      See dam

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]