Synonyms for dam
dæmdam

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1. dam, dike, dykenoun

   a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

   Synonyms:
   decameter, dekameter, dekametre, dkm, decametre

2. decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkmnoun

   a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

   Synonyms:
   dkm, dekameter, decameter, dekametre, decametre

3. damverb

   female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

   Synonyms:
   dkm, decametre, decameter, dekametre, dekameter

4. dam, dam upverb

   obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

   "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"

   Synonyms:
   dam up

Matched Categories

1. • Barrier
   • Metric Linear Unit

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1. damnoun

   Synonyms:
   mother (of a beast), female parent

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1. damnoun

   Synonyms:
   barrier, weir, burrock

2. damverb

   Synonyms:
   restrain, obstruct

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1. List of paraphrases for "dam":

   barrage, dams, roadblock, al-sad, dyke, dike, weir, dwa, daffy, damming, barricade, mah, board, embankment, 'am, levee, blockade, bridging, checkpoint, presa, breakwater

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1. Olive Schreiner:

   Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them. You may dam up the fountain of water, and make it a stagnant marsh, or you may let it run free and do its work; but you cannot say whether it shall be there; it is there. And it will act, if not openly for good, then covertly for evil; but it will act.

2. Greg Batista:

   I've seen up and down the coast hundreds of buildings where you have concrete problems, if not maintained, whether it's a concrete problem or a settling problem, it could be a bridge, it could be a building, it could be a dam or a sea wall -- these kind of things happen if not tended to.

3. Munsheer Sulaiman:

   Depending on the salinity level we decide whether to open the gates of the small dam that distributes water to the village.

4. Khaled AbuZeid:

   It would also reduce hydropower generation by the High Aswan Dam by up to 40 percent.

5. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency:

   Those in this area should evacuate and seek higher ground! after inspection, the County Engineer believe failure of the dam is imminent.