Overview of noun dam

The noun dam has 3 senses

• dam, dike, dyke -- (a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea)


• decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkm -- (a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)


• dam -- (female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock)

Overview of verb dam

The verb dam has 1 sense

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