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1 dam
[dæm] 1. noun1) (a bank or wall of earth, concrete etc to keep back water: A new dam was being built at the mouth of the valley.) dambis; aizsprosts2) (the water kept back.) aizdambējuma ūdens2. verb(to hold back by means of a dam: The river has been dammed up.) aizdambēt; aizsprostot* * *mātīte; aizsprosts, mols, dambis; aizdambējuma ūdens; mākslīga ūdens tilpne; aizdambēt, aizsprostot -
2 weir
[wiə](a dam across a river, with a drop on one side.) dambis; aizsprosts* * *aizsprosts, dambis; tacis
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dam´like´ — dam 1 «dam», noun, verb, dammed, dam|ming. –n. 1. a wall built to hold back the water of a stream, creek, or river: »There was a flood when the dam burst. The sleepy pool above the dam, The pool beneath it never still (Tennyson). SYNONYM( … Useful english dictionary
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dam|o|zel — dam|o|sel or dam|o|zel «DAM uh zehl», noun. Archaic. damsel: »The blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven (Dante Gabriel Rossetti) … Useful english dictionary
dam|o|sel — or dam|o|zel «DAM uh zehl», noun. Archaic. damsel: »The blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven (Dante Gabriel Rossetti) … Useful english dictionary
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