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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dam |
| Phonetic Transcription : dæm |
Definition of damming
Origin :- late 15c., from dam (n.1). Related: Dammed; damming.
- verb hold back; block
- Yes, gentlemen, I stand for locking and damming the Kentucky river!
- Extract from : « Shawn of Skarrow » by James Tandy Ellis
- Ofttimes he drew his sleeve across his face, but there was no damming that trickle.
- Extract from : « Peter and Wendy » by James Matthew Barrie
- Beaver commonly fill their ponds by damming a brook or a river.
- Extract from : « The Spell of the Rockies » by Enos A. Mills
- In 48 many cases they are due to the damming up of a stream.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Hills » by H. N. Hutchinson
- Then, damming up the old channel, he let the stream run into the new.
- Extract from : « Gods and Heroes » by R. E. Francillon
- We have already seen what the conditions are that cause this damming up of energy.
- Extract from : « Psychology » by Robert S. Woodworth
- They are not Damming it as we formerly did, but with good solid masonry.
- Extract from : « Vanished Arizona » by Martha Summerhayes
- He had to blast a channel to keep the little stream from damming up on him.
- Extract from : « Little Fuzzy » by Henry Beam Piper
- High up in the hills he made a large lake by damming a stream.
- Extract from : « The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle » by Hugh Lofting
- By going a distance below, and damming up the stream, a sufficient depth of water was got to float the canoes.
- Extract from : « Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 » by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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