present participle of dam

The installation of a dam (structure to block flow).

simple past tense and past participle of dam

(engineering) A type of watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water.

A Tai-Kadai (Kradai) language spoken by 700,000 people in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and China written in its own unique script, closely related to Lao and northern Thai.

An impoundment dam that is wider at the base than at the top, and which uses the massive weight of the dam's mass to withstand the force of water being being stored behind the dam in its reservoir.

A hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River, Brazil.

A form of movable dam having large gates opened and closed by a turbine.

a thin piece of e.g. latex, used in oral sex to prevent transmission of STDs

A settlement in York County, New Brunswick, Canada. / A rural community in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. / A census-designated place in Mohave County, Arizona.