Definitions for dam

Overview of noun dam

The noun dam has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) dam, dike, dyke

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

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

(a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)

3. dam

(female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock)

Overview of verb dam

The verb dam has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) dam, dam up

(obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River")