dam¹ /dam/

1. An embankment to restrain water
2. The water so confined
3. A millstream (Scot)
4. A restraint (figurative)

1. To keep back by a bank
2. To restrain (eg tears or an emotion) (figurative)

• skippered
• skippering
• skipperings
• skippers
• skipper's daughters
• skippet
• skippets
• skippier
• skippiest
• skipping
• skippingly
• skipping-rope
• skipping-ropes
• skippings
• skippy
• skips
• skip-tooth saw
• skip-tooth saws
• skip zone
• skip zones
• skirl
• skirled
• skirling
• skirlings
• skirl-in-the-pan