dam
1. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea (Freq. 2) • Syn: dike, dyke • Derivationally related forms: dyke (for: dyke), dike (for: dike) • Hypernyms: barrier • Hyponyms: milldam, weir • Instance Hyponyms: Aswan High Dam, High Dam, Glen Canyon Dam, Hoover Dam 2. a metric unit of length equal to ten meters • Syn: decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dkm • Hypernyms: metric linear unit • Part Holonyms: hectometer, hectometre, hm • Part Meronyms: meter, metre, m 3. female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock • Hypernyms: female
obstruct with, or as if with, a dam (Freq. 1) - dam the gorges of the Yangtse River • Syn: dam up • Hypernyms: obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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