dam up

verb

To build a dam on, thus restricting the flow.

“to dam up a lake”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person dams up · participle present damming up · participle past dammed up · past dammed up

  1. To build a dam on, thus restricting the flow.

    to dam up a lake

Synonyms & antonyms

verbobstruct with, or as if with, a dam

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