what does dam mean?

DAM as NOUN

Meaning
- female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
Hypernyms(s) dam is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- female (what does female mean?)
Meaning
- a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
Synonym(s)
- dike (what does dike mean?)
- dyke (what does dyke mean?)
- levee (what does levee mean?)
Hypernyms(s) dam is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- barrier (what does barrier mean?)
Hyponym(s)
- Aswan High Dam (what does Aswan High Dam mean?)
- Aswan Dam (what does Aswan Dam mean?)
- High Dam (what does High Dam mean?)
- Hoover Dam (what does Hoover Dam mean?)
- milldam (what does milldam mean?)
- weir (what does weir mean?)
Derived(s)
- dike (what does dike mean?)
- dyke (what does dyke mean?)
- dike (what does dike mean?)
- dyke (what does dyke mean?)
- dam (what does dam mean?)
- dam up (what does dam up mean?)
Meaning
- a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
Synonym(s)
- decameter (what does decameter mean?)
- decametre (what does decametre mean?)
- dekameter (what does dekameter mean?)
- dekametre (what does dekametre mean?)
- dkm (what does dkm mean?)
Hypernyms(s) dam is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- metric linear unit (what does metric linear unit mean?)

Meaning
- obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
Synonym(s)
- dam up (what does dam up mean?)
Usage Example(s)
- dam the gorges of the Yangtse River
Hypernyms(s) dam is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- obstruct (what does obstruct mean?)
- obturate (what does obturate mean?)
- impede (what does impede mean?)
- occlude (what does occlude mean?)
- jam (what does jam mean?)
- block (what does block mean?)
- close up (what does close up mean?)
Derived(s)
- dam (what does dam mean?)
- dike (what does dike mean?)
- dyke (what does dyke mean?)
- levee (what does levee mean?)