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

1 sense of dam up

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")