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noun | verb damdam1 /dæm/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYdam1Origin: 1300-1400 Middle Dutch 1 a special wall built across a river, stream, etc. to stop the water from flowing, especially to make a lake or produce electricity: the Hoover Dam in Nevada2[usually singular] technical the mother of a four-legged animal, especially a horse → sire noun | verb damdam2 verb (dammed, damming) [transitive] VERB TABLEdam |
Present | I, you, we, they | dam | | he, she, it | dams | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dammed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dammed | | he, she, it | has dammed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dammed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dam | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dammed |
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Present | I | am damming | | he, she, it | is damming | | you, we, they | are damming | Past | I, he, she, it | was damming | | you, we, they | were damming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been damming | | he, she, it | has been damming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been damming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be damming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been damming |
to stop the water in a river, stream, etc. from flowing by building a special wall across it: The East Branch River was dammed in 1952.dam something ↔ up phrasal verb to make the water in a river, stream, etc. stop flowing by blocking it: The landslide dammed up the river. |