dam up

1. 1.

   obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

   “dam the gorges of the Yangtse River”

   Synonymsdam

   Broaderobstruct

Questions about dam up

What does dam up mean?

dam up means "obstruct with, or as if with, a dam".

What is another word for dam up?

Close synonyms include dam. 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 up a common word?

dam up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.