NOUN | artifact | dam, dike, dyke | a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea |
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quantity | dam, decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dkm | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | |
animal | dam | female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock | |
VERB | contact | dam, dam up | obstruct with, or as if with, a dam |
Sounds | dae'm | |
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Rhymes | Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem... |
Meaning | A barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea. | |
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Synonyms | dike, dyke | |
Instances | Aswan High Dam, High Dam | One of the world's largest dams on the Nile River in southern Egypt |
Glen Canyon Dam | A large dam built in 1964 on the Colorado River in Arizona | |
Hoover Dam | A large dam built in 1933 on the Colorado River in Nevada | |
Narrower | milldam | dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill |
weir | A low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow | |
Broader | barrier | A structure or object that impedes free movement |
Spanish | dique, diques, presa, represa | |
Catalan | dic, presa, rec, represa, sèquia | |
Verbs | dam | obstruct with, or as if with, a dam |
Meaning | A metric unit of length equal to ten meters. | |
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Synonyms | decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dkm | |
Part of | hectometer, hectometre, hm | A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters |
Parts | meter, metre, m | The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) |
Broader | metric linear unit | A linear unit of distance in metric terms |
Spanish | decámetro, dekameter, dekametre, dkm | |
Catalan | decàmetre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm |
Meaning | female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock. | |
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Broader | female | An animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) |
Spanish | madre, progenitora | |
Catalan | mare |
Meaning | obstruct with, or as if with, a dam. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" | |
Synonym | dam up | |
Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
Spanish | embalsar, represar | |
Nouns | dam | a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea |
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