dam

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
dike, dyke
• Derivationally related forms:
dyke (for: dyke), dike (for: dike)
• Hypernyms:
barrier
• Hyponyms:
milldam, weir
• Instance Hyponyms:
Aswan High Dam, High Dam, Glen Canyon Dam, Hoover Dam
2. a metric unit of length equal to ten meters
• Syn:
decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dkm
• Hypernyms:
metric linear unit
• Part Holonyms:
hectometer, hectometre, hm
• Part Meronyms:
meter, metre, m
3. female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock
• Hypernyms:
female

II - verb

obstruct with, or as if with, a dam (Freq. 1)
- dam the gorges of the Yangtse River
• Syn:
dam up
• Hypernyms:
obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam,
block, close up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  decameter, dekameter, decametre, dekametre, dkm, dike, dyke, dam up