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Definition: Dam |
DamNoun1. A barrier constructed to contain the flow or water or to keep out the sea. 2. A metric unit of length equal to ten meters. 3. Female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock. Verb1. Obstruct with, or as if with, a dam. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dam" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A barrier constructed across a stream channel to impound water and/or trap sediment for the purpose of flow regulation, erosion control, production of energy, etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A structure to retain water inflows for subsequent use. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A barrier, generally a wall, built across a gorge to intercept detritus but allow the water through. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| An engineering structure erected across and/or along a river or other mass of water to retain, control or divert the flow for specific purposes. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Energy | A structure for impeding and controlling the flow of water in a water course, and which increases the water elevation to create the hydraulic head. The reservoir creates, in effect, stored energy. (references) |
Hydrologic | Any artificial barrier which impounds or diverts water. The dam is generally hydrologically significant if it is:. (references) |
Literature | Dam An Indian copper coin, the fortieth part of a rupee. Hence the expression "Not worth a dam"; similarly "not worth a farthing," "not worth a rap" (q.v.); "not worth a sou," "not worth a stiver," etc. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. A barrier to keep foul air or water, from mine workings. See also:stopping; bulkhead b. An airtight barrier to isolate underground workings that are on fire c. The wall of refractory material, forming the front of the forehearth of a blast furnace, that is built on the inside of a supporting iron plate (dam plate). Iron is tapped through a hole in the dam, and cinder througha notch in the top of the dam. See also:Lurmann front. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | DAM. A small Indian coin, mentioned in the Gentoo code of laws: hence etymologists may, if they please, derive the common expression, I do not care a dam, i.e. I do not care half a farthing for it. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A dam (a common Teutonic word, cf. Swedish and German damm, and the Gothic verb faurdammjan, to block up) is a barrier built across flowing water in order to hold it back, often creating a water reservoir or lake behind the dam. Dams may be built to provide water for irrigation or town water supply, control the amount of water in rivers or to provide hydroelectric power. Dams may also be built to control effluent from industrial work sites such as miness or factories.
The best place for building a dam is a narrow part of a deep river valley; the valley sides can then act as natural walls. The primary function of the dam's structure is to fill the gap in the natural reservoir line left by the stream channel. The most desirable sites are usually those where the gap becomes a minimum for the required storage capacity. The best economical arrangement is often a composite structure such as a masonry dam flanked by earth embankments. The current use of the land to be flooded should be dispensable.
The dam also serves to divert water to the intake works.
Dams may be classified according to their height. A large dam is used to describe a dam higher than 15 metres, a major dam for constructions over 150 metres.
Dams may be classified as follows:
The timber dam is rarely used by humans because of its short lifespan and the limitation in height to which it can be built. The locations where timber dams are most economical to build are those where timber is plentiful, cement is costly and difficult to transport, and only a submerged diversion dam is required. Timber is the basic material used by beavers, often with the addition of mud or stones.
- Timber dams
- Rock-fill dams
- Earth dams
- plain
- core wall
- hydraulic fill
- Masonry dams
- gravity, solid and hollow
- arch, single and multiple
Rock-fill dams are embankments of loose rock with either a watertight upstream face of concrete slabs or timber or a watertight core. Where suitable rock is at hand, a minimum of transportation of materials can be realized with this type of dam. Like the earth embankment, rock-fill dams resist damage from earthquakes quite well.
Earth dams are constructed as a simple homogeneous embankment of well-compacted earth, sometimes with a watertight concrete core or upstream face, or sometimes with a hydraulic fill to produce a watertight core. A type of temporary earth dam occasionally used in high lattitudes is the frozen-core dam, in which a coolant is circulated through pipes inside the dam to maintain a watertight region of permafrost within it.
Masonry dams are of either the gravity or the arch type. In a gravity dam, stability is secured by making it of such a size and shape that it will resist overturning, sliding and crushing at the toe. The dam will not overturn provided the resultant force falls within the base. However, in order to prevent tension at the upstream face and excessive compression at the downstream face, the dam cross section is usually designed so that the resultant falls within the middle third at all elevations of the cross section. In the arch dam stability is obtained by a combination of arch and gravity action. If the upstream face is vertical the entire weight of the dam must be carried to the foundation by gravity, while the distribution of the normal hydrostatic pressure between vertical cantilever and arch action will depend upon the stiffness of the dam in a vertical and horizontal direction. When the upstream face is sloped the distribution is more complicated. The normal component of the weight of the arch ring may be taken by the arch action, while the normal hydrostatic pressure will be distributed as described above. Hence, for the gravity type, good impervious foundations are essential, but for the arch type, firm reliable supports at the abutments (either buttress or canyon side wall) are more important. The most desirable place for an arch dam is a narrow canyon with steep side walls composed of sound rock. When situated on a suitable site, a gravity dam inspires more confidence in the layman than any other type; it has mass that lends an atmosphere of permanence, stability, and safety. When built on a carefully studied foundation with stresses calculated from completely evaluated loads, the gravity dam probably represents the best developed example of the art of dam building. This is significant because the fear of flood is a strong motivator in many regions, and has resulted in gravity dams being built in some instances where an arch dam would have been more economical.
Gravity dams are classified as "solid" or "hollow." The solid form is the more widely used of the two, though the hollow dam is frequently more economical to construct. Gravity dams can also be classified as "overflow" and "non-overflow." If the dam is meant to serve as a spillway section, its downstream face is ordinarily made an ogee curve with the curvature such that there will be no tendency of the water to leave the surface of the concrete, even with the maximum water elevation at the crest.
Two types of single-arch dams are in use, namely the constant-angle and the constant-radius dam. The constant-radius type employs the same face radius at all elevations of the dam, which means that as the channel grows narrower towards the bottom of the dam the central angle subtended by the face of the dam becomes smaller. In a constant-angle dam, this subtended angle is kept a constant and the variation in distance between the abutments at various levels is are taken care of by varying the radii. The safety of an arch dam is dependent on the strength of the side wall abutments, hence not only should the arch be well seated on the side walls but also the character of the rock should be carefully inspected. The multiple-arch dam consists of a number of single-arch dams with concrete buttresses as the supporting abutments. The multiple-arch dam does not require as many buttresses as the hollow gravity type, but requires good rock foundation because the buttress loads are heavy.
Significant engineering considerations when building a dam include permeability of the surrounding rock or soil, earthquake faults, peak flood flows, reservoir silting, environmental impacts on river fisheries, forests and wildlife, impacts on human habitations and compensation for land being flooded as well as population resettlement, and removal of toxic materials and buildings from the proposed reservoir area.
Dam failures are generally catastrophic if the structure is breached or significantly damaged. Routine monitoring of seepage from drains in, and around, larger dams is necessary to anticipate any problems and permit remedial action to be taken before structural failure occurs. Most dams incorporate mechanisms to permit the resevoir to be lowered or even drained in the event of such problems. Another solution can be rock grouting - pumping cement slurry into weak fractured rock under pressure.
Some dams:
Some Dutch cities are named after dams; Amsterdam (dam on the Amstel) and Rotterdam (dam on the Rotte).
- Aswan Dam, Egypt
- Benmore Dam, New Zealand
- Glen Canyon Dam, Utah, United States
- Grand Coulee Dam, Washington, United States
- Hoover Dam, Nevada, United States
- Hume Dam, Australia
- Itaipu Dam, Brazil/Paraguay
- Kariba Dam, Zambia/Zimbabwe
- Oroville Dam, California, United States
- Three Gorges Dam, China
- Vishvesvaraya Dam, India
Compare the usage of the word barrage.
See also: List of reservoirs and dams
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dam."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
dam | Dutch | Decameter | Meteorology & Standards |
dam | English | Decametre | N/A |
dam | French | Décamètre | Meteorology & Standards |
DAM | German | Diazetylmonoxin | Medicine |
dam | Italian | Decametro | Meteorology & Standards |
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Synonyms: DamSynonyms: decameter (n), decametre (n), dekameter (n), dekametre (n), dike (n), dkm (n), dyke (n), levee (n), dam up (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Closure | Verb: close, occlude, plug; block up, stop up, fill up, bung up, cork up, button up, stuff up, shut up, dam up; blockade, obstruct; |
(hinder); bar, bolt, stop, seal, plumb; choke, throttle; ram down, dam, cram; trap, clinch; put to the door, shut the door. | |
Gulf Lake | Lake, loch, lough, mere, tarn, plash, broad, pond, pool, lin, puddle, slab, well, artesian well; standing water, dead water, sheet of water; fish pond, mill pond; ditch, dike, dyke, dam; reservoir. (store); alberca, barachois, hog wallow. |
Hindrance | Obstruct, stop, stay, bar, bolt, lock; block, block up; choke off; belay, barricade; block the way, bar the way, stop the way; forelay; dam up; (close); put on the brake; Noun: scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel; put a stop to; traverse, contravene; interrupt, intercept; oppose; hedge in, hedge round; cut off; inerclude. |
Beaver dam; trocha; barricade; (defense); wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne; bulkhead, block, buffer; stopper; boom, dam, weir, burrock. | |
Paternity | Motherhood, maternity; mother, dam, mamma, materfamilias, grandmother. |
River | Stanch; dam, up. (close); obstruct . |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Dam it (Young Einstein; writing credit: David Roach and Yahoo Serious.) Nice dam, huh (Lost in America; writing credit: Albert Brooks; Monica Mcgowan Johnson) Where the hell is the damn dam tour (Vegas Vacation; writing credit: Elisa Bell; Bob Ducsay) Now, are there any dam questions (Beavis and Butt-head Do America; writing credit: Mike Judge;) Because you are marry you do not wish to spik of love! Leesen Lady---eef Pancho Lopez want woman, he take her, dam queek (The Bad Man; writing credit: Porter Emerson Browne; Howard Estabrook) | |
Lyrics | And I know the dam is busted (Miracle; performing artist: Jon Bon Jovi) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dim Dam Dom (1965) Beaver Dam (1960) Rum för ensam dam (1959) The Dam Busters (1954) Nida' el dam (1944) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Leveling on the "low line" at Hoover Dam Level party of Emmett Sheridan. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Beaver dam at Black Swamp Creek, a tributary of the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Pickerel weed growing in front of beaver dam at the head of Black Swamp Creek. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Children watching migrating salmon pass by at the Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Spring Creek Debris Dam Reservoir. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | View upstream from Spring Creek Debris Dam. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Mud, rather than water, fills a watershed dam in the Little Sioux Watershed and Flood Prevention project in northwest Iowa. Many of Iowa's older watershed dams are filling with sediment and threatening their capacity to slow floodwaters. Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | An upstream small dam, terraces, buffer strips, grass plantings and other conservation measures are part of a project designed to improve the quality of water entering Union Grove Lake in Tama County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Fishing at Knutsen Dam on th Chippewa National Forest, MN. Credit: USDA. |  | Upper view of Dam. Credit: Merv Coleman. |
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| "Emosson dam" by Paul Smith Commentary: "Emosson dam, swiss/french border. star of the opening bungee scene in 'Goldeneye'. taken using my cheapo 35mm ." | "Dam, Spain 1" by Belen Cosmea Commentary: "Atazar´s dam, near Madrid." |
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John Locke | 1690 | In those viviparous animals which feed on grass, the conjunction between male and female lasts no longer than the very act of copulation; because the teat of the dam being sufficient to nourish the young, till it be able to feed on grass, the male only begets, but concerns not himself for the female or young, to whose sustenance he can contribute nothing. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The 10,000 MW dam is owned by CVG EDELCA (Electrificacion del Caroni) in eastern Venezuela. (references) | |
The credit squeeze means that only the highest priority projects, like the Three Gorges Dam, are likely to be approved. (references) | ||
The question of environmental damage associated with the hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam project concerns NEPA officials. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | India | The ruling stipulated that those displaced by the dam would be compensated. (references) |
Thailand | The protesters argue that the dam displaced local residents and negatively affected their livelihoods and the environment. (references) | |
India | On February 2, eight tribal villagers were killed when police fired on a group of persons protesting against the Koel-Karo dam project. (references) | |
Economic History | Egypt | Sediment is now obstructed by the Aswan High Dam and retained in Lake Nasser. (references) |
Sudan | More than 70% of Sudan's hydropower comes from the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile grid. (references) | |
Haiti | Power supplies become unreliable during December-March, when production at Peligre Dam declines. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | During the year, Kausar of Tala Gang, District Chakwal, and Tahira of Simly Dam, District Islamabad were attacked physically by their families, according to a local NGO. (references) |
Brazil | According to the CPT, seven activists were killed in Para between June and September, including Ademir Alfeu Federicci ("Dema"), a prominent opponent of a large dam on the Xingu River. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Malaysia | Several NGO's complained that Orang Asli were compensated inadequately after they were displaced by a dam project in the state of Selangor. (references) |
Trade | Tunisia | AFDB ASSISTANCE INCLUDES MAJOR DAM PROJECTS. (references) |
Mauritius | These sources fund a broad portfolio of projects, including port and airport upgrades, sewage treatment, road, bridge and dam construction, energy, telecommunications, and hospital and housing construction. (references) | |
Women | Pakistan | Two new cases that were reported by an NGO during the year involved the deaths of Kausar of Tala Gang, District Chakwal, and Tahira of Simly Dam, District Islamabad. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The public power program thus authorized must continue to be made effective by building the necessary generating and transmission facilities to furnish the maximum of firm power needed at the wholesale markets, which are often distant from the dam sites. |
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| "Dam" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.85% of the time. "Dam" is used about 545 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 79.85% | 436 | 13,209 |
| Noun (proper) | 13.37% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.66% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.75% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.37% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 545 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "dam" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dam | Last name | 1,000 | 12,862 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "dam": aswan Dam ♦ aswan High Dam ♦ auxiliary dam ♦ beam dam ♦ beaver Dam ♦ blind dam ♦ Buchanan Dam ♦ check dam ♦ coffer dam ♦ columnar buttress dam ♦ composite earth dam ♦ Conchas Dam ♦ Coulee Dam ♦ crib dam ♦ curved dam ♦ dam break ♦ dam burst ♦ dam crest ♦ dam failure ♦ Dam plate ♦ dam toe ♦ dam up ♦ dam up one's feelings ♦ dam wing ♦ debris dam ♦ diversion dam ♦ earth dam ♦ earthfill dam ♦ Federal Dam ♦ Floating dam ♦ Fontana Dam ♦ Foster dam ♦ gated dam ♦ gravity arch dam ♦ gravity dam ♦ high Dam ♦ hollow dam ♦ hoover dam ♦ horizontal grilled dam ♦ inflatable dam ♦ key dam ♦ large dam ♦ log dam ♦ movable dam ♦ Natural Dam ♦ Navajo Dam ♦ open dam ♦ overflow diversion dam ♦ Parker Dam ♦ permeable check dam ♦ retting dam ♦ rubber dam ♦ sausage dam ♦ Shamokin Dam ♦ solid dam ♦ subsidiary dam ♦ Tai Dam ♦ tinkers dam ♦ tinker's dam ♦ To dam out ♦ toe of dam ♦ uterine dam ♦ wing of dam ♦ zoned earth dam. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "dam": dam-aging, dam-building, dam-burst, dam-busters, dam-controlled, dam-making. | |
Ending with "dam": be-dam, mill-dam, song-dam. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hoover dam | 1,879 | dam kentucky village | 64 |
three gorge dam | 977 | dam gorge picture three | 64 |
dam | 537 | fontana dam | 61 |
beaver dam wisconsin | 265 | air dam | 58 |
rob van dam | 236 | dam hung vinh | 55 |
grand coulee dam | 204 | beaver citizen daily dam | 52 |
hoover dam tour | 169 | parker dam | 50 |
dental dam | 138 | glen canyon dam | 46 |
beaver dam | 128 | dam hover | 46 |
danielle van dam | 126 | dam neck | 44 |
dam of china | 81 | aswan dam | 43 |
3 dam gorge | 78 | dam busters | 43 |
van dam | 78 | bagnell dam | 41 |
three gorge dam china | 72 | beaver dam kentucky | 41 |
dam teton | 67 | boulder dam | 41 |
dam kinzua | 67 | conowingo dam | 40 |
bonneville dam | 65 | jean claud van dam | 40 |
jean claude van dam | 65 | dam fe santa | 40 |
kerr dam | 64 | dam rubber | 40 |
dam truyen | 64 | hoover dam picture | 40 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "dam"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afsluiting (barrier, fence). (various references) | |
Albanian | vë pendë, pendë (barrage, dike, embankment, feather, fin, mole, pinion, plumage, plume, quill, seawall, sluice, span, Weir, yoke), pellg (cesspool, lake, mere, mill-dam, pond, pool, puddle, sump), mol (mole, pier, quay, quayage, quayside), femër (distaff, doe, female, fertile, hen, Jenny, jilt, Judy, lady, mate, piece, pistil, woman). (various references) | |
Arabic | مياه السد, حجز بسد, سد (bar, barrage, block, bung, clog, close, close up, congest, dike, dyke, embankment, fill, floodgate, foul, lock, mure, obturate, obturation, occlude, occlusion, pack, plug, seal, shut, stem, stop, stop up, stuff, tamp, wad, weir), زود بسد, ضبط (accuracy, adjust, check, control, detect, exactitude, frame, govern, inspect, measure, monitor, police, preciseness, precision, punctuality, regularize, regulate, regulation, rightness, school, set, setting, square, strictness, test, tune, tuning), خزان (barrage, reservoir, tank), أم للحيوان الداجن بالذات. (various references) | |
Basque | zingira. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | язовирна стена, майка (mother, queen), завирявам, бент (barrage, dike, sluice). (various references) | |
Chinese | 埭 , 水坝, 壩 (dyke, embankment), 堨 (check, to stop). (various references) | |
Czech | vodní nádrž (pond), umìlé jezero, samice (hen), přehrada (barrage, barrier, reservoir), matka (mother, parent), hráz (dyke, embankment, Weir). (various references) | |
Danish | dæmning (dike, embankment), dæmningsforhøjelse (heightening of a dam, raising of a dam), dæmningskrop (body of dam, embankment, mass of dam), daemning af staaltraadsruller med sten (sausage dam), daemning uden gennemloeb (blind dam, solid dam), krybedæmning (crib, crib dam), bevægeligt stemmeværk (barrage, gate-structure dam), gravitationsdæmning (gravity dam), grov lameldaemning (hollow dam), hoveddaemning (barrage, key dam), jorddæmning (earth dam, earthfill dam), afstivet fangedaemning med 1 vaeg (single-wall braced coffer dam), jordfyldsdæmning (earth dam, earthfill dam), stor dæmning (large dam), massivdæmning (gravity dam), omledningsdæmning (anicut, diversion dam, diversion weir), oppustelig dæmning (inflatable dam, inflatable weir), overfald (assault, clamp, overflow, overflow dam, spillway, weir), overfaldsbygvärk (overflow dam, weir), parabolsk buedæmning (parabolic arch dam), pilledaemning med soejledelte piller (columnar buttress dam), pneumatisk dæmning (inflatable dam, inflatable weir), pneumatisk stigbord (inflatable dam, inflatable weir), skidtfangsdæmning (debris dam), stoettebjaelke (escape bar, girder for needle dam, puncheon, shores, supporting beam), jorddaemning med taetningskerne (composite earth dam, multiple-zoned earth dam, zoned earth dam). (various references) | |
Dutch | sperdam, dam (dame, king, lady, queen), barrière (bar, barrier, fence), afsluiting (barrier, fence). (various references) | |
Esperanto | barila digo, baraĵo. (various references) | |
Farsi | محدودکردن (Bound, Compass, Confine, Cramp, Curb, Gag, Impale, Limit, Narrow, Qualify, Quantify, Restrict, Stint, Straiten, Terminate), مانع شدن یاایجادمانع کردن , سدساختن , سد (Barrier, Dike, Pile, Sluice, Stank, Stoppage), اب بند (Dyke, Waterwheel), بند (Article, Bond, Clamp, Clause, Dike, Fascia, Fit, Hinge, Internode, Joggle, Joint, Levee, Ligament, Ligature, Line, Link, Manacle, Noose, Paragraph, Provision, Proviso, Segment, Sling, Snare, Stanza, Tie, Trawl, Weir, Wristband). (various references) | |
Finnish | sulku (barricade, block, flood-gate, lock, obstruction, sluice), pato (barrage, dike, dyke, embankment), padota, emo (mother-animal, queen), emä (mother-animal). (various references) | |
French | barrage (check dam). (various references) | |
Frisian | dam (king, lady, queen), ôfslutning. (various references) | |
German | Damm (bank, causeway, dike, embankment, levee, perineum), stauen (dam up, keep back, retain, staunch, stop the flow of, Stow, to dam). (various references) | |
Greek | φράγμα (barricade, barrier, dike, groyne). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחסום (barrage, barricade, barrier, block, hurdle, obstacle), לסכור (bank, close, shut), סכר (barrage, floodgate, lock, sluice, sluice gate). (various references) | |
Hungarian | duzzasztógát (barrage, Weir). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tanggul (causeway, levee, mound), pengempang, membendung (dam up, repress, stem), beremban (cross beam), bendung (dike). (various references) | |
Italian | diga (breakwater, causeway, dike, dyke, embankment, levee, Weir). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 井堰 (sluice), 偃 (weir), 堰 (sluice). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せき (barrier, cough, gate, house, hut, inn, mansion, one's domicile, one's family register, product, seat, sluice), いせき (changing household registry, gastrolith, glorious achievements, historic ruins, register of physicians, remaining works, results of a man's labor, ruins, sluice, transfer), えん (bonds, chance, charming, circle, connection, destiny, false charge, fascinating, fate, garden, hatred, karma, relation, salt, voluptuous, weir, Yen). (various references) | |
Korean | 댐. (various references) | |
Manx | ushtey stangit, stangey (pillory, weir), doour (reservoir). (various references) | |
Norwegian | demning (dike, embankment). (various references) | |
Occitan | barratge. (various references) | |
Papago | tohnk. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | represa (catchment, clow, dike, dyke, embankment, lock-gate, mill-pond, penstock, reservoir, sluice, sluicegate, weir), barragem (barrier, boom). (various references) | |
Romanian | dig (breakwater, dike, embankment, jetty, levee, mole, pier), zãgaz (bank, barrier, breakwater, dike, embankment, flood gate, groin, levee, pier, Weir), zãgãzui (bank, embank, restrain, stem), ursoaicã (she-bear), stãvilar (flood gate, lock, penstock, pier, sluice, Weir), pãrcan, iaz (lake, piece of water, pool), femelã (bitch, cow, female, mate, she), baraj (barrage). (various references) | |
Russian | матка (matrix, queen, uteri, uterus, womb), запруживать дамба, запруживать (pond, stem), перемычка (brattice, diaphragm, feedthrough, jumper, lintel, loopback, pen, web), плотина (dike, lasher), дамба (barrage, causeway, dike, embankment, levee, mole, pen, seawall, sea-wall). (various references) | |
Scottish | lochan (little loch, pond). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zaprečiti (block), pregraditi (baffle, bar, block, partition), nasip (bank, bulwark, causeway, causey, dike, embankment, jetty, levee, mound), brana (barrage, groyne, jetty, lock, penstock, pike, preserve, water gate, weir). (various references) | |
Spanish | presa (barrage, catch, hold, loot, press, prey, prize, quarry, ravin, Weir), represa (actual stowage, reservoir), obstrucción (bar, barrier, block, blockage, clog, fence, goaf, jam, lumber, obstruction, stoppage), dique (bank, dike, dock, dyke, levee). (various references) | |
Swedish | damm (dike, dust, dyke, embankment, pond, pond with water, pool, powder, weir). (various references) | |
Turkish | toplama havuzu, set çekmek (bank, bank up, build a barrier, dam up, dike, stem, terrace), set (bank, barrage, barrier, dike, dyke, embankment, floodgate, groyne, obstruction, rampart, seawall, set, setting, studio, wall, Weir), hazne (receptacle, reservoir, tank), engellemek (balk, bar, baulk, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, cross, cumber, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hamper, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent from, put the lid on smth., resist, restrain, save, shut out, snag, stem, stymie, surety, trammel), engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, fence, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, snag, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel), baraj yapmak (dam up), baraj (barrage, preemptive), anne hayvan. (various references) | |
Turkmen | gatla (dike), bцwet, bent (dyke). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тримувати, шашки (checkers), гребля (barrage, dike, wear), матка (matrix, uterus, womb), затримувати (apprehend, arrest, balk, defer, delay, deport, detain, impede, impound, intern, nip, pull back, withhold), загата (barrage), перегороджувати греблею, дамба (bank, barrage, bund, causeway, dike, dyke, embankment, jetty, mole, pen, pier, sea-bank). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bể nước. (various references) | |
Welsh | mamog (sheep with young), cronni (accumulate, amass, collect, hoard), cored (weir), argae (barrage, embankment, enclosed place, weir). (various references) | |
Zulu | ilidamu, idamu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aggerem, aggeres, aggeribus, aggeris, aggerum, crepidine, crepidinem, crepidinis, crepido, matrice, matricem, matrici, matrix. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 22, Verse 30 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai andreV agioi esesqe moi kai kreaV qhrialwton ouk edesqe tw kuni aporriyate auto |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | De bubus quoque et ovibus similiter facies septem diebus sit cum matre sua die octavo reddes illum mihi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Of oxen forsothe, and sheep thow shalt doon lijk maner; seuen dayes be he with his moder, and the eiytith day thow shalt yeeld hym to me. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Likewise shalt thou doo of thine oxen and of thy shepe. Seuen dayes it shall be with the dame, and the .viij. daye thou shalt geue it me. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Likewise shalt thou do with thy oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it to me. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In the same way with your oxen and your sheep: for seven days let the young one be with its mother; on the eighth day give it to me. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 22, Verse 30 |
| Cebuano | Mao usab kini ang pagabuhaton mo sa imong mga vaca, ug sa imong mga carnero; pito ka adlaw nga kini magauban sa iyang inahan, ug sa ikawalo ka adlaw, kini igahatag mo kanako. |
| Croatian | Budite narod meni posveæen! Zato nemojte jesti mesa od životinje koju je rastrgala zvjerad nego je bacite pašèadi!" <p> |
| Danish | Ligeså skal du gøre med dit Hornkvæg og dit Småkvæg; i syv Dage skal det blive hos Moderen, men på den ottende Dag skal I give mig det. |
| Dutch | Desgelijks zult gij doen met uw ossen en met uw schapen; zeven dagen zullen zij bij hun moeder zijn, op den achtsten dag zult gij ze Mij geven. |
| Finnish | Samoin tee raavaittesi ja lampaittesi ensiksisyntyneelle. Seitsemän päivää se olkoon emänsä kanssa; kahdeksantena päivänä anna se minulle. |
| French | Tu me donneras aussi le premier-né de ta vache et de ta brebis; il restera sept jours avec sa mère; le huitième jour, tu me le donneras. |
| German | So sollst du auch tun mit deinem Ochsen und Schafe. Sieben Tage laß es bei seiner Mutter sein, am achten Tag sollst du mir's geben. |
| Haitian Creole | N'a ban mwen tou premye pitit bèf nou yo ak premye pitit mouton nou yo. Ti bèt la va pase sèt jou avèk manman l'. Sou wityèm jou a n'a ofri l' ban mwen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | juga sapi dan domba jantan yang pertama lahir. Biarkan binatang-binatang itu tinggal pada induknya selama tujuh hari, lalu serahkanlah kepada-Ku pada hari yang kedelapan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Demikianpun hendaklah kamu perbuat dengan segala lembumu dan segala kambingmu; tujuh hari lamanya biarkan dia serta dengan emaknya, maka pada hari yang kedelapan patutlah kamu mempersembahkan dia kepada-Ku. |
| Italian | Voi sarete per me uomini santi: non mangerete la carne di una bestia sbranata nella campagna, la getterete ai cani. |
| Maori | Kia pera ano tau e mea ai ki au kau, ki au hipi: e whitu nga ra e noho ai ia ki tona whaea; i te waru o nga ra me homai ki ahau. |
| Norwegian | Det samme skal du gjøre med ditt storfe og ditt småfe; syv dager skal det være hos moren; den åttende dag skal du gi mig det. |
| Portuguese | Assim farás com os teus bois e com as tuas ovelhas; sete dias ficará a cria com a mãe; ao oitavo dia ma darás. |
| Rumanian | Sq-Mi dai wi kntkiul nqscut al vacii tale wi al oii tale; sq rqmknq wapte zile cu mamq-sa, iar kn ziua a opta sq Mi -l aduci. |
| Russian | ФП ЦЕ ДЕМБК У ЧПМПН ФЧПЙН Й У ПЧГПА ФЧПЕА. УЕНШ ДОЕК РХУФШ ПОЙ ВХДХФ РТЙ НБФЕТЙ УЧПЕК, Б Ч ЧПУШНПК ДЕОШ ПФДБЧБК ЙИ нОЕ. |
| Spanish | Lo mismo harás con el de tus vacas y el de tus ovejas. Siete días estará con su madre, y al octavo día me lo darás. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dam": damage, damageabilities, damageability, damaged, damager, damagers, damages, damaging, damagingly, daman, damans, damar, damars, damascene, damascened, damascenes, damascening, damask, damasked, damasking, damasks, dame, dames, damewort, dameworts, dammar, dammars, dammed, dammer, dammers, damming, damn, damnable, damnableness, damnablenesses, damnably, damnation, damnations, damnatory, damndest, damndests, damned, damneder, damnedest, damnedests, damner, damners, damnified, damnifies, damnify, damnifying. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "dam": beldam, bemadam, cofferdam, goddam, grandam, granddam, macadam, madam, milldam, quondam, tarmacadam. (additional references) | |
Words containing "dam": aceldama, aceldamas, adamance, adamances, adamancies, adamancy, adamant, adamantine, adamantly, adamants, adamsite, adamsites, bedamn, bedamned, bedamning, bedamns, beldame, beldames, beldams, bemadamed, bemadaming, bemadams, cardamom, cardamoms, cardamon, cardamons, cardamum, cardamums, chordamesoderm, chordamesodermal, chordamesoderms, cofferdams, endamage, endamaged, endamages, endamaging, endameba, endamebae, endamebas, endamoeba, endamoebae, endamoebas, firedamp, firedamps, fundament, fundamental, fundamentalism, fundamentalisms, fundamentalist, fundamentalistic, fundamentalists. (additional references) | |
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"Dam" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adcm, adem, adsm, adum, Bdam, bdma, cdma, daa, daah, Daan, daaz, dac, Dacm, Dacmi, daf, dai, daim, daj, Dama, damb, Damd, damm, Damo, d'amor, damy, danm, danq, dao, daq, darm, dau, daum, dav, daw, dawm, dax, daz, dbm, deam, dehmc, dej, dem, deum, Dhah, dhm, digm, dimm, Dimu, Dimx, Djax, dla, Dmac, dman, dmt, doam, dpm, Dpmi, dsa, dsm, dtm, Duhm, dum, dumm, Dwam, dwarm, dxm, dym, odam, Tdma, xam, zam. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dam" (pronounced da"m) |
| 3 | d a" m | damn. |
| 2 | -a" m | am, Bam, Nam, Pam, ram, cam, Cham, clam, cram, dram, exam, Flam, gram, ham, jam, jamb, Lam, lamb, scam, sham, slam, spam, swam, Tam, tram, wham, yam. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mad. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-m" | |
-1 letter: ad, am, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-m" | |
+1 letter: amid, dame, damn, damp, dams, dram, duma, made, mads, maid, maud, mead. | |
+2 letters: adeem, adman, admen, admit, admix, aimed, almud, amend, amide, amido, amids, armed, daman, damar, dames, damns, damps, datum, derma, dogma, dolma, domal, douma, drama, drams, dream, dumas, dumka, dunam, edema, famed, gamed, lamed, maced, madam, madly, madre, maids, maned, mated, mauds, maund, mawed, mayed, mazed, meads, medal, media, menad, modal, monad, mudra, named, nomad, tamed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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