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Definition of danm

"danm" is probably misspelled. Trying dam instead Definition of dam

1. dam [ n ] a barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea

Used in print:

(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)

Examples are in public utilities , making military aircraft and accessories , or where the investment and risk for a proprietorship would be too great for a much needed project impossible to achieve by_any_means other_than the corporate form , e._g. constructing major airports or dams .

Synonyms dam levee dyke dike Related Terms barrier weir milldam water_gate Aswan_High_Dam Hoover_Dam dike

2. dam [ v ] obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
Examples: "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River"

Used in print:

(Joseph E. Choate, "The American Boating Scene"...)

No_matter_how determined or wealthy boating lovers of the Southwest had been , for_example , they could never have created anything approaching the fifty square-mile Lake_Texoma , located between Texas and Oklahoma , which resulted when the Corp of Army_Engineers dammed the Red_River .

Synonyms dam dam_up Related Terms obstruct

3. Dam [ n ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12862

Synonyms Dam

4. dam [ n ] a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

Synonyms dekameter decametre dekametre dam dkm decameter Related Terms metric_linear_unit hectometer meter

5. dam [ n ] female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

Synonyms dam Related Terms female

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