English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of dam

dam

/noun/ बांध; सेतु; जलबंधक; बंद; पशुओं की मां; पानी रोकने के लिये मेड़; डेम; बांध बांधना; बन्द; रोधन;
/verb/बांधना; बांध देना; बांध से पानी रोकना; बांध से पानी रोक देना;

Synonym dyke; bridge; lock gate; lockjaw; weir; enclosed; Insulation; fasten; fillet;

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English Dictionary:

1. Dam

[n.]

- A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
- A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
- 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.
- A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.

2. Dam

[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.
- To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.