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    [Noun]  | "dam" | \ ˈdam \


    1: a barrier preventing the flow of water or of loose solid materials (such as soil or snow); especially, civil engineering : a barrier built across a watercourse for impounding water

    2: a barrier to check the flow of liquid, gas, or air

    3: a body of water confined by a barrier

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch; akin to Old English fordemman to stop up;

    [Noun]  | "dam" 


    1: the female parent of an animal and especially of a domestic animal

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English dam, dame lady, dam {mat|dame|};

    [Noun]  | "air dam" 


    1: a device attached to the underside of the front of an automobile to improve stability, aerodynamic performance, and engine cooling by redirecting the flow of air

    Origin: 1970 ;

    [Noun]  | "tinker's damn" | \ -ˈdam \


    1: a minimum amount or degree (as of care)

    Origin: 1839 ;

     Probably from the tinkers' reputation for blasphemy;

    [Verb]  | "dam" 


    1: to provide or restrain with a barrier that prevents the flow of water : to provide or restrain with a dam

    2: to stop up : block

    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: ;

    [Noun]  | "dams" 


    1: a bank of earth constructed to control water;


      * e.g., " ... the river backed up behind the dam until it formed a new lake "



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    [Noun]  | "dam" 


    1: a bank of earth constructed to control water;


      * e.g., " ... the river backed up behind the dam until it formed a new lake "



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    [Verb]  | "dams" 


    1: to prevent passage through by filling with something;


      * e.g., " ... ice floes were damming the river "




    2: to close up so that no empty spaces remain;


      * e.g., " ... dam up the pipes "



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    [Verb]  | "dam" 


    1: to prevent passage through by filling with something;


      * e.g., " ... ice floes were damming the river "




    2: to close up so that no empty spaces remain;


      * e.g., " ... dam up the pipes "



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    [Verb]  | "dams (up)" 


     [ "Dam" ]

    1: A reference only Percy Jackson fans will understand so don’t bother mortal

      * e.g.,  ... “I want some fries from the dam snack bar “ 

     [ "Dam" ]

    1: A Percy Jackson reference

      * e.g.,  ... Where is the dam snack bar? 

     [ "Dam" ]

    1: It's a Percy Jackson thing. You wouldn't understand.

      * e.g.,  ... Me: I want some dam nachos. Friend: That's a Percy Jackson reference, isn't it? 

     [ "dam" ]

    1: How Uncle Rick makes Percy, Thalia, and Grover say damn bc he has to keep it PG. Zoe Nightshade (RIP) is the one who unknowingly started the joke.

      * e.g.,  ... "Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. 

     [ "The Dam" ]

    1: Refers to the city of Amsterdam.

      * e.g.,  ... -Where'd you go? 

     [ "The Dam" ]

    2: XXX!

      * e.g.,  ... --Went to London, then hit the 'dam, jumped to Prague, then home.. 

     [ "Dam" ]

    1: device used to block water

      * e.g.,  ... Im'a go check out that beaver dam. 

     [ "Dam" ]

    2: mothers against dyslexia

      * e.g.,  ... I support the D.A.M foundation. 

     [ "Dam" ]

    3: common misspelling of damn

      * e.g.,  ... Ya dam fool! 

     [ "dam" ]

    1: it's a Percy Jackson (titan's curse) you wouldn't understand mortal. (also sorry to demigods reading this I understand that ur not a mortal)

      * e.g.,  ... Zoe: Let us find the dam snack bar 

     [ "DAM" ]

    1: drunks against mothers

      * e.g.,  ... I am an official member of the group DAM 

     [ "Dam" ]

    1: What did the fish say when it ran in to a concrete wall?

      * e.g.,  ... I'm pretty sure that dam joke gave me erectile dysfunction. 

     [ "Dam" ]

    2: -Dam

     [ "dam it" ]

    1: version of shut up, shut it, shut your trap. do not confuse with damn it or dammit. think how a dam blocks the water from flowing down the river. hopefully if you tell someone to dam it, they will put a stop to their diarrhoea of the mouth.

      * e.g.,  ... parent: clean your room. now! 

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