"dam up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: dams up [present, singular, third-person], damming up [participle, present], dammed up [participle, past], dammed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dam up (third-person singular simple present dams up, present participle damming up, simple past and past participle dammed up)
  1. To build a dam on, thus restricting the flow.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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