Look up: Dam

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   Dam
   The female parent.
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   Dam
   A dam is a structure constructed to hold back water and provide controlled flow for irrigation, storage and generation of electricity.
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   Dam
   Structure built in rivers or estuaries, basically to separate water at both sides and/or to retain water at one side.
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   Dam
   Mother. Alternatively an artificial lake made by constructing a wall of earth or concrete, etc.
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   dam
   [n] - a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea 2. [n] - female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock 3. [v] - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
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   DAM
   Data Acquisition and Monitoring
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   DAM
   Digital Asset Management
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   Dam
   A mechanism used to hold back water in a river, gathering pond or reservoir, so it can be controlled for some purpose. They may be earth or masonry. There is an important Post-Medieval dam at Acklington Park mill, (see under Smeaton, John).
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   dam
   An engineering structure erected across and/or along a river or other mass of water to retain,control or divert the flow for specific purposes Category: Building industry • a structure to retain water inflows for subsequent use Category: Building industry • a barrier,generally a wall,built across a gorge to intercept detritus but allow the water through Category: Buildin...
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    Dam
    Dam (dăm) noun [ Middle English dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame .] 1. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. « Our sire and dam , now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . . Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference betw ...
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    Dam
    Dam noun [ Akin to OLG., D., & Danish dam , G. & Swedish damm , Icelandic dammr , and Anglo-Saxon fordemman to stop up, Goth. Faśrdammjan .] 1. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water. 2. (Metal.) A fireb ...
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    Dam
    Dam transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dammed (dămd); present participle & verbal noun Damming .] 1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up . « I'll have the current in this place dammed u ...
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    dam
    1. A female parent; used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. 'Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam.' (T. L. K. Oliphant) 'The dam runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her ...
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    dam
    dike noun a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
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    dam
    noun female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
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    dam
    dam up verb obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; `dam the gorges of the Yangtse River`
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    Dam
    A `dam` is a barrier that divides waters. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as levees and dikes are used to prevent water flow into specific land regions. The tallest dam in the world is the 300 meter high Nurek Dam in Tajikistan. The word `dam` can be traced back to Middle English, and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old cities. Most of the first Dams were bui...
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    (dam) a barrier to obstruct the flow of water or other fluid. rubber dam. dental dam , rubber dam a sheet of thin latex rubber used by dentists to isolate a tooth or teeth from the fluids of the mouth during dental treatment, held in place by a clam...
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    Dam
    • (n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water. • (n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. • (n.) A firebrick wall, or a s...
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    (from the article `dog`) ...behaviour is a combination of instinct and environment. Dogs are born with certain innate characteristics that are evident from birth. Puppies are ...
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    dam
    structure built across a stream, river, or estuary to retain water. Dams are built to provide water for human consumption, for irrigating arid and ... [16 related articles]
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    dam
    symbol for the dekameter (10 meters; see entry below), a metric unit of distance.
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    dam
    a structure to retain water inflows for specific uses
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    A structure for impeding and controlling the flow of water in a water course, and which increases the water elevation to create the hydraulic head. The reservoir creates, in effect, stored energy.
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    dam
    dam, barrier, commonly across a watercourse, to hold back water, often forming a reservoir or lake; dams are also sometimes used to control or contain rockslides, mudflows, and the like in regions where these are common. Dams are made of timber, rock, earth, masonry, or concrete or of combinations o...
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