dam

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
2. The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
3. A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
4. A reservoir.
5. A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

Verb

To block the flow of water.

Intj

Damn.

Adj

Damn.

Sînonîm

dike

weir

embankment

dyke

barrage

reservoir

dam up

bank

🏦

block

barrier

causeway

levee

sluice

dekameter

bridge

stem

female

obstruct

obstruction

lock

🔒

dekametre

decameter

decametre

dike

dyke

anicut

embank

parent

block up

water gate

breakwater

stop up

pool

queen

👸

dkm

mill-race

mole

mother

👩‍🍼

mound

obstacle

obturator

occlusion

pier

pinning

pond

resist

ridge

roadblock

she

👩

shore

shut up

sluice gate

sluice valve

stanch

staunch

stopper

strike out

sump

swimming pool

tank

vat

wad

waterhole

well

female animal

plug up

pull oneself together

sea wall

sea-wall

ridge of earth

storage lake

aboiteau

levee banks

river weir

dam, fence, barrier

delete

jenny-

back up

bar

barricade

bitch

blocking

block off

bulkhead

bulwark

check

choke up

cistern

clog

clogging

close

close-up

closure

confine

cross out

doe

ebb

embarkment

exclude

fence

flood

gather

groin

groyne

halt

hedge

hen

🐔

hold back

jock

lake

make

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/dæm/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Middle English dam, from Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.