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[ US /ˈdæm/ ]
[ UK /dˈæm/ ]
VERB
  1. obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
    dam the gorges of the Yangtse River
NOUN
  1. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
  2. female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
  3. 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-father’s 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
  • 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
  • They estimate the cost of repairing the damaged roads at £1 million.
  • The air smells like moist potting soil, the skin of potatoes… the damp chalk of limestone.
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