to dam

Examples

• All

• Partly, these countries need actually to dam some rivers to be able.

• Is it not always this that dams up any effort at Christian thought?

  Academic text (1990)

• No nuclear waste, no having to dam a river and screw up an ecosystem.

• I one of the first stories that I, I think about is damming the Creek.

• So you can do hydroelectric without damming up, but it's not usually done.

• The first line of defense was to dam the region's flood prone estuaries.

• Did I make the noise want let's dam this Creek up and then we're going to build a raft to raft in the lake that we're going to create.

• Another well-constructed terrace at Guijarral that dams up one side of an upland platform has no architecture but very deep soils.

  Academic text (2002)

• With the AL Attic canal bridge occupied by Muslim guards, Rostem's Imperial army spent the night hours damming the waterway with debris to enable passage.

• The workers had to dam the river to prevent flooding during the heavy rains.

Synonyms

B

to block

vsto dam

∞ 3.0

To stop movement, access, or progress

focuses on using a barrier to stop liquid flow specifically

S

to stem

vsto dam

37 5.1

To stop a liquid flow or prevent something from spreading

is specific to using a barrier to hold back flow

D

to dam up

vsto dam

3 4.6

To stop the flow of water or feelings by building a wall

has identical meaning but appears as the main single-word term

Antonyms

R

to release

446 2.7

To allow a liquid, gas, or energy to flow out

U

to unblock

3 3.1

Remove something that stops a pipe, machine, or blood vessel from working

Idioms

W

water over the dam

• Informal

7.5

Something bad that already happened and cannot be changed so do not worry about it

Phrasal Verbs

D

to dam up

3 4.6

To stop the flow of water or feelings by building a wall

Compounds

H

Hoover Dam

4 3.7

A large concrete dam on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona that makes electricity and forms Lake Mead

G

Glen Canyon Dam

1 6.0

A large dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona that forms Lake Powell

H

High Dam

1 4.6

A large dam on the Nile in southern Egypt that controls floods, supplies water for farming and makes electricity

A

Aswan Dam

4.0

A large dam on the Nile in southern Egypt that controls floods, supplies water for farming, and makes electricity

A

Aswan High Dam

4.6

A large dam on the Nile in southern Egypt that controls flooding, stores water and makes electricity

T

Tai Dam

9.9

A language that Tai Dam people speak in northern and southern Vietnam

T

tinker's dam

• Archaic

9.9

Something of very little or no value

How Blocked

to dam

1 1.8

to seal

457 2.5

to block

∞ 3.0

to obstruct

119 5.1

to restrict

361 3.1

to allow

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology