dam: Meaning and Definition of

dam

1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, esp. one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
2. a body of water confined by a dam.
3. any barrier resembling a dam.

1. to furnish with a dam; obstruct or confine with a dam.
2. to stop up; block up.

dam

1. a female parent (used esp. of four-footed domestic animals).

Dam

1. 1895–1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943.

dam

1. dekameter; dekameters.