dam

Noun

• female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

• a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

• a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

Verb

• obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
  • dam the gorges of the Yangtse River
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  decameter , dekameter , decametre , dekametre , dkm , dike , dyke , dam up