1 a barrier that is built across a river in order to stop the water from flowing, used especially to make a RESERVOIR (= a lake for storing water) or to produce electricity:
the Narmada dam in India * The dam burst.
2 (technical) the mother of some animals, especially horses
compareSIRE
verb (-mm-) [VN] ~ sth (up) to build a dam across a river, especially in order to make an artificial lake for use as a water supply, etc:
plans to dam Colorado's South Platte river
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