"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.
Any fool can criticize, complain, and condemn—and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.
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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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