dam
nounEtymology
From Hindi दाम (dām), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫 (damma, “coin”), from Sanskrit द्रम्म (drammá), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drachm, drachma, and dram. Alternatively said to be possibly coined from the English phrase "I don't give a dam(n)," referring to its small worth.
Definitions
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow,…
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.
- A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.
- Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins[…]
- Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.
The water reservoir resulting from placing such a structure.
- Boats may only be used at places set aside for boating on the dam.
A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber…
A device to prevent a tooth from getting wet during dental work, consisting of a rubber sheet held with a band.
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A reservoir.
A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
To block the flow of water.
- Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
Female parent, mother, generally regarding breeding of animals.
- More dear […] than younglings to their dam.
- The dam runs lowing up and down, / Looking the way her harmless young one went.
- Hunters assure us, that to chuse the best dog, and which they purpose to keepe from out a litter of other young whelps, there is no better meane than the damme herselfe[…].
A kind of crowned piece in the game of draughts.
An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
- […] A small Indian coin; whence comes the saying "I don't care a dam for you," that is I don't value you a farthing, and not as generally given, "I don't care a damn" or a "curse for you." [Possibly a folk etymology.]
A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.
Damn.
Initialism of digital asset management.
The neighborhood
Derived
antidam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, Broken Dam, coffer-dam, coffer dam, cofferdam, dambreak, dam break, damburst, dambuster, dambusting, dam failure, damlike, dammable, dam plate, damside, damsire, dental dam, earthquake dam, gravity dam, hydroelectric dam, ice dam, ice dam membrane, mill dam, sand dam, shutter dam, splash dam, water over the dam, Yellow Dam
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA