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Synonyms
dam1 (dăm)

[Middle English.]

noun 

    1. A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or raise the level of water.
    2. A body of water controlled by such a barrier.
  2. A barrier against the passage of liquid or loose material, as a rubber sheet used in dentistry to isolate one or more teeth from the rest of the mouth.
  3. An obstruction; a hindrance.

transitive verb: dammed, dam·ming, dams. 

  1. To hold back or confine by means of a dam.
  2. To close up; obstruct: He tried to dam his grief. See synonyms at hinder1

derivatives

daḿmer
noun
dam2 (dăm)

[Middle English dam, dame, lady, mother; see dame.]

noun 

  1. A female parent. Used of a four-legged animal.
  2. Archaic A mother.
dam3

abbreviation 

decameter
dec·a·me·ter
or dek·a·me·ter (dĕḱə-mḗtər)

noun 

A metric unit of length equal to 10 meters.