OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5011

dam

/dæm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
azud • azuda • bocal • pesquera • presa • represa
A structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow or part of the flow, generally for purposes such as retaining or diverting some of the water or retarding the release of accumulated water to avoid abrupt flooding.
A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.
Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round t…
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 5012

dam

/dæm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
embalsar • represar
To block the flow of water.
Phrases
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