1. a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
2. a body of water confined by a dam.
3. any barrier resembling a dam.

4. to furnish with a dam; obstruct or confine with a dam.
5. to stop up; block up.

1. a female parent (used especially of four-footed domestic animals).

1. dekameter; dekameters.

1. Danish biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1943.

1. a barrier of concrete, earth, etc, built across a river to create a body of water for a hydroelectric power station, domestic water supply, etc
2. a reservoir of water created by such a barrier
3. something that resembles or functions as a dam

4. to obstruct or restrict by or as if by a dam

1. the female parent of an animal, esp of domestic livestock

1. (often used in combination) a variant spelling of damn (def. 1), damn (def. 2), damn (def. 3), damn (def. 4) damfool; dammit

1. decametre(s)

1. (Carl Peter) Henrik (ˈhɛnrəɡ). 1895–1976, Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K (1934): Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1943

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