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Meaning of dam

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dam
      n 1: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
           keep out the sea [syn: {dam}, {dike}, {dyke}]
      2: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn:
         {decameter}, {dekameter}, {decametre}, {dekametre}, {dam},
         {dkm}]
      3: female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
      v 1: obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the
           Yangtse River" [syn: {dam}, {dam up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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