DAM UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dam up mean? 

• DAM UP (verb)
  The verb DAM UP has 1 sense:

1. obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

  Familiarity information: DAM UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAM UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

dam; dam up

Context example:

dam the gorges of the Yangtse River

Hypernyms (to "dam up" is one way to...):

block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something