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

dam \dam\, v. t. imp.  p. p. dammed da^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.
      1913 webster

            i'll have the current in this place dammed up.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            a weight of earth that dams in the water.
                                                  --mortimer.
      1913 webster

   2. to shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
      1913 webster

            the strait pass was dammed
            with dead men hurt behind, and cowards. --shak.
      1913 webster

   to dam out, to keep out by means of a dam.
      1913 webster
see also:
dammed damming to dam out 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

damming
     see dam
see also:
dam 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
dike dyke levee decameter dekameter decametre 
dekametre dkm dam up damming dammed 

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