dam

1. 1.

   obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

   “dam the gorges of the Yangtse River”

   Synonymsdam up

   Broaderobstruct

Other forms of dam

plural

dams·

past tense or participle

dammed

present participle

damming

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dam

What does dam mean?

dam means "a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dam?

dam has 1 syllable: dam. In IPA it is /ˈdæm/.

What is another word for dam?

Close synonyms include dike, dyke, decameter, dekameter, decametre. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dam a common word?

dam is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dam?

6 words rhyme with dam. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.