Dam Meaning in French

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1. (n.) 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.
2. (n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
3. (n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
4. (v. t.) 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.
5. (n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
6. (v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.