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Dam - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Dam : (noun)
1: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
keep out the sea [syn: dike, dyke, levee]
2: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn: decameter,
dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dkm]
3: female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
(verb)
1: obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the
Yangtse River" [syn: dam up]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dam : \Dam\, n. [Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm,
Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth.
Fa['u]rdammjan.]
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 firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the
front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
Dam plate (Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the
dam, to strengthen it.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dam : \Dam\, n. [OE. 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 between
dame and dam. --T. L. K.
Oliphant.
The dam runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her
harmless young one went. --Shak.
2. A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Dam : \Dam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dammed; p. pr. & vb. n.
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 up.
--Shak.
A weight of earth that dams in the water.
--Mortimer.
2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt
behind, and cowards. --Shak.
To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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DAM. A construction of wood, stone, or other materials, made across a stream
of water for the purpose of confining it; a mole.
2. The owner of a stream not navigable, may erect aDam : across it, and
employ the water in any reasonable manner, either for his use or pleasure,
so as not to destroy or render useless, materially diminish, or affect the
application of the water by the proprietors below on the stream. He must not
shut the gates of his dams and detain the water unreasonably, nor let it off
in unusual quantities to the annoyance of his neighbors. 4 Dall. 211; 3
Caines, 207; 13 Mass. 420; 3 Pick, 268; 2 N. H. Rep. 532; 17 John. 306; 3
John. Ch. Rep. 282; 3 Rawle, 256; 2 Conn. Rep. 584; 5 Pick. 199; 20 John.
90; 1 Pick. 180; 4 Id. 460; 2 Binn. 475; 14 Serg. & Rawle, 71; Id. 9; 13
John. 212; 1 McCord, 580; 3 N. H. Rep. 321; 1 Halst. R. 1; 3 Kents Com. 354.
3. When one side of the stream is owned by one person and the other by
another, neither, without the consent of the other, can build a dam which
extends beyond the filum aqua, thread of the river, without committing a
trespass. Cro. Eliz. 269; 12 Mass. 211; Ang. on W. C. 14, 104, 141; vide
Lois des Bat. P. 1, c. 3, s. 1, a. 3; Poth. Traite du Contrat de Societe,
second app. 236; Hill. Ab. Index, h.t.; 7 Cowen, R. 266; 2 Watts, R. 327; 3
Rawle, R. 90; 17 Mass. R. 289; 5 Pick. R. 175; 4 Mass. R. 401. Vide
Inundation.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Dam : Direct Access Method / Mode (DAM, SAM)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Dam : Distributed Abstract Machine
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Dam : Draft AMendment (ISO)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Dam |
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ralcazar: Dam you @H_Rae, youre all over the television. First the news now conan!! haha cant miss that red hair of yours :) |
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govizin: The Hoover Dam was built to last 2,000 years. The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years. #true #fact #info |
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FoolyKayCooly: aight I'm finna go to sleep....after I make sum new noodles....in a new bowl....lol that ima clean my Dam self |
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