Synonyms for DAM
dæmdam

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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, dam, dekametre, dkm, decametre

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

   a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

   Synonyms:
   dkm, dekameter, decameter, dam, 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, dam up

Matched Categories

1. • Barrier
   • Metric Linear Unit

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

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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1. List of paraphrases for "dam":

   barrage, dams, roadblock, al-sad, dyke, dike, weir, dwa, daffy, damming, barricade, mah, board, embankment, 'am, levee, blockade, bridging, checkpoint, presa, breakwater

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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. Mark Bone:

   Never in my whole life have we seen the dam fail, it flooded real bad in '86, but never like this.

3. Gholamreza Shariati:

   The inflow into the Karkheh river dam has been high ... and officials have had to release more water as the dam was approaching its full capacity.

4. Liz Cheney:

   Doors have opened, new subpoenas have been issued and the dam has begun to break.

5. Brian Eyler:

   Either Beijing is lying or their dam operators are lying to them. Somewhere, someone isn't telling the truth.