dam
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(noun) female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock |
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Related Words: female |
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| 2. |
(verb) obstruct with, or as if with, a dam |
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Synonyms: dam up |
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Related Words: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, occlude |
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(noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea |
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Synonyms: dike, dyke, levee |
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Related Words: Aswan Dam, Aswan High Dam, High Dam, Hoover Dam, barrier, floodgate, milldam, water gate, weir |
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(noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters |
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Synonyms: decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm |
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Related Words: metric linear unit |
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