Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dam

3 senses of dam

Sense 1
dam, dike, dyke -- (a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea)
       => barrier -- (a structure or object that impedes free movement)

Sense 2
decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dam, dkm -- (a metric unit of length equal to ten meters)
       => metric linear unit -- (a linear unit of distance in metric terms)

Sense 3
dam -- (female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock)
       => female -- (an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dam

1 sense of dam

Sense 1
dam, dam up -- (obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River")
       => obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up -- (block passage through; "obstruct the path")