Damming

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dam \Dam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dammed} (d[a^]md); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Damming}.]
     1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine
        by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally
        used with in or up.
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              I'll have the current in this place dammed up.
                                                    --Shak.
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              A weight of earth that dams in the water.
                                                    --Mortimer.
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     2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
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              The strait pass was dammed
              With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. --Shak.
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     {To dam out}, to keep out by means of a dam.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  damming
       See {dam}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dam
       n 1: a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to
            keep out the sea [syn: {dike}, {dyke}, {levee}]
       2: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn: {decameter},
           {dekameter}, {decametre}, {dekametre}, {dkm}]
       3: female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
       v : obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the
           Yangtse River" [syn: {dam up}]
       [also: {damming}, {dammed}]