noun
- plural of dam; barriers built across waterways to control water flow
- plural of dam; female parents of animals, especially four-legged mammals
verb
- third person singular present of dam; blocks or restrains the flow of water
Examples
- The engineers inspected several dams along the river.
- Hydroelectric dams generate clean energy for the city.
- The breeding program tracks both sires and dams carefully.
- These dams produced champion racehorses.
- The beaver dams the stream with sticks and mud.
- Heavy rainfall dams up behind the debris.
- The concrete structure dams the mountain runoff effectively.