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US
/ˈdæm/
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[ UK /dˈæm/ ]
[ UK /dˈæm/ ]
VERB
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obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
dam the gorges of the Yangtse River
NOUN
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
- female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
- a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
How To Use dam In A Sentence
- The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
- A damning indictment for a Paul Bartel film, Lust in the Dust is found guilty of being bland and lame.
- A second problem is damage caused by the buildup of excessive electrical charges in the plate from the unwanted ions.
- The Girl relucted a little, upon which he gave her 3 Guineas, and wished he might be damned if he did not have her in 3 months. John Adams diary 1, 18 November 1755 - 29 August 1756
- A few days after, they brought the intelligence that Barbarina had returned; and the councillor dwelt with her in her new house; and the servants were commanded to call the signora Madame Cocceji. as she was his well-beloved and trusted wife. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends
- Upstairs were the bedrooms; mother-and-fathers room the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a washstand, a bureau, a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
- Also, thankfully, Neil Diamond's Cherry Cherry Christmas includes a version of "The Chanukah Song" that should give that mensch Adam Sandler a whole lot of nachas. David Wild: The Perfect Semitic Storm: Five Reasons Everybody Should Buy the New Christmas Albums by Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan And Barry Manilow This Season
- Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Of course, Whitty himself ain’t exactly a peach; he loves him some torture, and buries knives in bellies with minimal provocation; when it comes to witch-hunting, he’s of the “burn her alive now, ask questions … well, don’t really bother asking questions, it’s just so damn fun to burn people, let’s do it some more!” school. Cry of the Banshee « Skid Roche
- As he rose in society, his romantic entanglements damaged his career and he returned to his former sweetheart in Ireland. Times, Sunday Times
