dam

1. n. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. Source: opted

2. n. A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts. Source: opted

3. n. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water. Source: opted

4. n. A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. Source: opted

5. v. t. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up. Source: opted

6. v. t. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. Source: opted

7. n. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea Source: wordnet

8. n. a metric unit of length equal to ten meters Source: wordnet

9. n. female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock Source: wordnet

10. v. obstruct with, or as if with, a dam Source: wordnet

11. 1. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam. T. L. K. Oliphant. The dam runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her harmless young one went. Shak. 2. A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts. 1. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water. 2. (Metal.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. Dam plate (Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it. 1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up. I'll have the current in this place dammed up. Shak. A weight of earth that dams in the water. Mortimer. 2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain. The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. Shak. To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam. Source: webster

12. A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of thehearth of a blast furnace. Dam plate (Blast Furnace), an iron platein front of the dam, to strengthen it. Source: adambom

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