dam
verb
- to create a barrier for water; to obstruct the flow of (as with a dam)
noun
- a structure that impedes the flow of a river and the resulting artificial lake
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdæm/ / [ˈdæm] ~ [ˈdam] / /ˈdam/
adj
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of damn.
- Damn.
“Do not get too caught up in individual campism. The Most-High sent your spirits back on earth to fix yourselves, come together and wake up our people, so do your dam job and stop letting your fleshly desires control you.”
intj
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of damn.
- Damn.
noun
Etymology: From Hindi दाम (dām), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀫𑁆𑀫 (damma, “coin”), from Sanskrit द्रम्म (drammá), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drachm, drachma, and dram. Alternatively said to be possibly coined from the English phrase "I don't give a dam(n)," referring to its small worth.
- An obsolete Indian copper coin, equal to a fortieth of a rupee.
“[…] A small Indian coin; whence comes the saying "I don't care a dam for you," that is I don't value you a farthing, and not as generally given, "I don't care a damn" or a "curse for you." [Possibly a folk etymology.]”
- A former coin of Nepal, 128 of which were worth one mohar.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English dam, from Old English *damm, from Proto-West Germanic *damm, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.
- To block the flow of water.
“Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]”