Translation of 'dam' in English

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dam
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adj. damlike.
dam
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dam (1), noun, verb, dammed,damming.
dam
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dam (2), noun.
1. the female parent of sheep, cattle, horses, and other four-footed animals.
Ex. I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms (Daniel Defoe).
2. a mother.
Ex. What! All my pretty chickens and their dam At one f
dam
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noun 1. a wall built to hold back the water of a stream, creek, or river.
Ex. There was a flood when the dam burst. The sleepy pool above the dam, The pool beneath it never still (Tennyson).
(SYN) dike.
2. a body of water held back by
dam
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something worthless or useless.
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something worthless or useless.
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something worthless or useless.
Ex. He doesn't care a tinker's damn what others think. something worthless or useless.
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dam
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v.t. 1. to provide with a dam; hold back (water) by means of a dam.
Ex. The beavers had dammed a brook and formed a pond (Francis Parkman).
2. (Figurative.) to hold back; block up.

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