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Webster 1913 Edition

Dam

Dam

(dăm)
,
Noun.
[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 and down,
Looking the way her harmless young one went.
Shakespeare
2.
A king or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

Dam

,
Noun.
[Akin to OLG., D., & Dan.
dam
, G. & Sw.
damm
, Icel.
dammr
, and AS.
fordemman
to stop up, Goth.
Faúrdammjan
.]
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.

Dam

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dammed
(dămd)
;
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.
Shakespeare
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.
Shakespeare
To dam out
,
to keep out by means of a dam.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dam

DAM

, n.
1.
A female parent; used of beasts, particularly of quadrupeds.
2.
A human mother, in contempt.
3.
A crowned man in the game of draughts.

DAM

,
Noun.
A mole, bank or mound of earth, or any wall, or a frame of wood, raised to obstruct a current of water, and to raise it, for the purpose of driving millwheels, or for other purposes. Any work that stops and confines water in a pond or bason, or causes it to rise.

DAM

, v.t.
1.
To make a dam, or to stop a stream of water by a bank of earth, or by any other work; to confine or shut in water. It is common to use, after the verb, in, up, or out; as, to dam in, or to dam up, the water, and to dam out is to prevent water from entering.
2.
To confine or restrain from escaping; to shut in.

Definition 2024

dám

dám

See also: dam, Dam, dâm, dăm, da̰m, and Appendix:Variations of "dam"

Czech

Noun

dám

  1. genitive plural of dáma

Verb

dám

  1. first-person singular future indicative of dát

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdaːm]
  • Hyphenation: dám

Noun

dám ‎(plural dámok)

  1. fallow deer (Dama dama)
    • 2006, Magyar Vadászlap (Hungarian Hunter Magazine)
      A dám jövője - The Future of the Fallow Deer (title of the article)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dám dámok
accusative dámot dámokat
dative dámnak dámoknak
instrumental dámmal dámokkal
causal-final dámért dámokért
translative dámmá dámokká
terminative dámig dámokig
essive-formal dámként dámokként
essive-modal — —
inessive dámban dámokban
superessive dámon dámokon
adessive dámnál dámoknál
illative dámba dámokba
sublative dámra dámokra
allative dámhoz dámokhoz
elative dámból dámokból
delative dámról dámokról
ablative dámtól dámoktól
Possessive forms of dám
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. dámom dámjaim
2nd person sing. dámod dámjaid
3rd person sing. dámja dámjai
1st person plural dámunk dámjaink
2nd person plural dámotok dámjaitok
3rd person plural dámjuk dámjaik

Synonyms

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaːm/
  • Rhymes: -aːm

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