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dam up

dam up verb: to build a dam on, thus restricting the flow.

Verb

dam up (third-person singular simple present dams up, present participle damming up, simple past and past participle dammed up)

  1. To build a dam on, thus restricting the flow.
    • to dam up a lake

Forms of dam up

third-person singular presentdams up
present participledamming up
past participledammed up
pastdammed up

Questions about dam up

What does dam up mean?
Dam up means to build a dam on, thus restricting the flow.
What part of speech is dam up?
Dam up is a verb.
What is the past tense of dam up?
The past tense of dam up is dammed up.

Words near dam up in the dictionary

  1. dam breaks
  2. dam failure
  3. dam failures
  4. dam plate
  5. dam plates
  6. dam up
  7. dam'
  8. dam-plate
  9. dam-plates
  10. dama
  11. dama gazelle

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