undam

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verb

To remove a dam from (a river).

OriginEnglish dam ← Middle English on- ← Old English on- →
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Meanings

verbundam (third-person singular simple present undams, present participle undamming, simple past and past participle undammed)

present singular third person undams · participle present undamming · participle past undammed · past undammed

  1. transitiveTo remove a dam from (a river).
  2. transitiveTo free from a physical or figurative obstruction.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Englishdam
  10. Englishundam

From un- + dam.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MundamaundDumanmanduMudandunamunmad
Cite this entry
APA

undam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undam

MLA

“undam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undam. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undam.

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