"Dam" is a word in ENGLISH, CEBUANO
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.
A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds;
sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of
earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water
course, to confine and keep back flowing water.
To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the
hearth of a blast furnace.
dam n dam.
... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me my mask!... Nor any other woman... ever, ever!... Ah, you can understand, my happiness was so great, I cried. And fell at her feet, crying... and I kissed her feet... her little feet... crying. You're crying, too, daroga... and she cried also... the angel cried!...
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The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam.
Read the complete definitionLat In the civil law. A dam, bank or mound. Cod. 9, 38; Townsh. Pl. 4
Read the complete definitionAny instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold …
Read the complete definitionA dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a …
Read the complete definitionA flooring of plank before a dam to cause the water to make a gradual descent.
Read the complete definitionIn Scotch law. Dam-ages awarded to the relative of a murdered person from the guilty party, who has not been …
Read the complete definitionIn Saxon law. A penalty for a wrong done by oue iu the king’s lattice. The offender was to replace …
Read the complete definitionA small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.
Read the complete definitionátok - To dam or dyke (a river); to make a low fence or barrier. Atóki ang sapâ (sápà). Dam …
Read the complete definitionTo dam, as water; -- with up or back.
Read the complete definitionA bank or dam to keep back water.
Read the complete definitionTo be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, as young before birth.
Read the complete definitionThe young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, …
Read the complete definitionbúhang - Opening, gap, break, breach in a—dam,—dyke,—embankment,—levee, etc.; to open, breach a dam, etc. Buhángi ang kahón sang humáy. …
Read the complete definitionbuhangán - A breach—, gap—, opening—, in a dam, etc.
Read the complete definitionbúlwang - To open or break—a dam,—a bank,—a dyke,—a levee; to make a gap in a dyke. Sín-o ang nagbúlwang …
Read the complete definitionA burroch, dam, or small wear over a river, where traps are laid for the taking of fish. Cowell
Read the complete definitionA small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
Read the complete definitionbuylug v [A; b7] speed, rush forward. Mibuylug ang túbig pagk-agubà sa liptung, The water gushed out when the dam …
Read the complete definitionThe outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.
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