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  1. dam, dike, dykenoun

    a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

    Synonyms:
    decameter, dekameter, dekametre, dkm, decametre

  2. decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkmnoun

    a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

    Synonyms:
    dkm, dekameter, decameter, dekametre, decametre

  3. damverb

    female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

    Synonyms:
    dkm, decametre, decameter, dekametre, dekameter

  4. dam, dam upverb

    obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

    "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"

    Synonyms:
    dam up

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  1. damnoun

    Synonyms:
    mother (of a beast), female parent

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  1. damnoun

    Synonyms:
    barrier, weir, burrock

  2. damverb

    Synonyms:
    restrain, obstruct

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How to use dam in a sentence?

  1. Environment Secretary Germano Vieira:

    The breach of the embankment is going to happen, what we don't know is whether that breach will affect the dam.

  2. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi:

    The dam must be repaired because it could cause a civilian disaster, we will fix the dam and the workers will be defended by our troops, who are already present in Iraq.

  3. Eric McDavid:

    No, we were not going to blow anything up, the Nimbus Dam stuff, that was her idea. That was Anna's idea.

  4. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency:

    Those in this area should evacuate and seek higher ground! after inspection, the County Engineer believe failure of the dam is imminent.

  5. David Roth:

    The ice floats down river until it bunches up in what we call an ice-jam, like a dam, causing flooding, all that backed-up water is eventually going downstream.


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